heroic verse
noun
1
: dactylic hexameter especially of epic verse of classical times
called also heroic meter
2
: the iambic pentameter used especially in English epic poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries
called also heroic line, heroic meter
Word History
First Known Use
1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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