heroic verse
noun
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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This major record of early Germanic heroic verse is now a secure part of European cultural history.
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