What is the term for a long poem about a human hero that is based on historical fact?

Which textbook section would you use to identify the books and articles the author used or referred to in writing the book? introduction bibliography index table of contents

Read lines 44 - 47 from the poem "your laughter and answer the question, deny me bread, air, light, spring, but never your laughter for i would die

And a work of fiction what is the term for the series of events that build towards the climax