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Definition of heroic couplet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heroic couplet

noun

/həˌrəʊɪk ˈkʌplət/

/həˌrəʊɪk ˈkʌplət/

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two lines of poetry one after the other that rhyme and usually contain ten syllables and five stressesTopics Literature and writingc2

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