Meaning Of The Word Heroic couplet

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heroic couplet in American English
a rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines, first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit, esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: “In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they inten
noun: a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, esp. one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man

heroic couplet in British English
noun: a verse form consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter

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