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Noun: heroic verse
  1. A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
    "Homer's 'Iliad' is written in heroic verse";
    - heroic meter, heroic

Derived forms: heroic verses

Type of: epic, epic poem, epos, heroic poem

Encyclopedia: Heroic verse