Answer: a difficult journey with trials
Step-by-step explanation:
This excerpt best highlights the epic poetry elements of an epic hero who fights bravely, an invocation to a muse, and a difficult journey with trials.
From the excerpt, he weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea, while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home. He had a journey filled with trials and invocate a muse.