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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 styleplay

  Familiarity information: HEROIC COUPLET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEROIC COUPLET (noun)


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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