heroic verse
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Definition(s):
- (n) a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
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- MEXICO Homicidal Hero When a killer is captured in Mexico, corridas (streetcorner ballads) often glamorize him in heroic verse.
- Acclaimed by the populace, they encouraged one another at river crossings by recalling Mao's recent speedy swim in the Yangtze and reciting his heroic verse: "I care not that the .
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