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HEROIC VERSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heroic verse mean?
• HEROIC VERSE (noun)
The noun HEROIC VERSE has 1 sense:
1. a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
Familiarity information: HEROIC VERSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
heroic; heroic meter; heroic verse
Hypernyms ("heroic verse" is a kind of...):
epic; epic poem; epos; heroic poem (a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds)
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