heroic verse
heroic verse
nounDefinition of HEROIC VERSE
1
: dactylic hexameter especially of epic verse of classical times —called also heroic meter
2
: the iambic pentameter used especially in English epic poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries —called also heroic line, heroic meter
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1586
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