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HEROIC COUPLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heroic couplet mean?
• HEROIC COUPLET (noun)
The noun HEROIC COUPLET has 1 sense:
1. a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
Familiarity information: HEROIC COUPLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("heroic couplet" is a kind of...):
couplet (a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed)
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