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Noun: heroic couplet
  1. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
    "Alexander Pope mastered the heroic couplet in his epic poem 'The Rape of the Lock'"

Derived forms: heroic couplets

Type of: couplet

Encyclopedia: Heroic couplet