heroic meter

heroic meter

n.

See heroic verse.

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heroic meter - a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter heroic, heroic verse epic, epic poem, heroic poem, epos - a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

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