heroic couplet
noun Prosody.
a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Words nearby heroic couplet
herodian, herodias, herodotus, heroic, heroic age, heroic couplet, heroic drama, heroic poem, heroic quatrain, heroic stanza, heroic verse
Origin of heroic couplet
First recorded in 1900–05
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British Dictionary definitions for heroic couplet
heroic couplet
noun
prosody a verse form consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter
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