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heroic couplet
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heroic couplet
a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written…
heroic couplet meaning(s)
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- (n) a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
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- Alexander Pope left his own question unanswered, but a second look at his heroic couplet suggests that the Age of Reason, of which Pope was the prime English poetic voice, was .
- At the approach of the 18th century, John Dryden offered Virgil as a master of the heroic couplet: "Arms, and the man I sing, who, forced by Fate, And haughty Juno's unrelenting .
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heroic meter
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic…
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heroic poem
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
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heroic poetry
poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
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heroic stanza
a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style;…
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heroic tale
a story of an adventure
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heroic verse
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic…
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heroica puebla de zaragoza
a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico…
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heroical
/hɪ ˈrəʊ ɪ kəl/
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having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
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heroically
/ˌhɪ ˈroʊ ɪk li/
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in a heroic manner
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heroics
/hɪ ˈroʊ ɪks/
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ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct
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heroin
/ˈhɛ roʊ ən/
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a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative;…
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heroin addict
someone addicted to heroin
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heroin addiction
an addiction to heroin
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heroine
/ˈhɛ roʊ ən/
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the main good female character in a work of fiction
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heroism
/ˈhɛ roʊ ˌɪ zəm/
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the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when…
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heron
/ˈhɛ rən/
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Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of…
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heron's bill
any of various plants of the genus Erodium
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heronry
/ˈhɛ rə nrɪ/
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a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery
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herpangia
a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and…
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herpes
/ˈhɜr piz/
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viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane
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herpes encephalitis
common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1;…
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herpes genitalis
an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is…
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herpes labialis
caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)