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heroic couplet
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heroic couplet
n.
A verse unit consisting of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.

heroic couplet
n
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a verse form consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter
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Noun1.heroic couplet - a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
couplet - a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
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heroic couplet
n (Poet) → Heroic Couplet nt, Reimpaar aus fünffüßigen Jamben


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