a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used for epic and narrative poetry; it refers to poems constructed from a sequence of rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter lines. Use of the heroic couplet was first pioneered by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Legend of Good Women and the Canterbury Tales.
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They usually write poetry in heroic couplets , a polished iambic pentameter line 他们通常以英雄双行体创作诗歌,这是一种经过推敲的五步抑扬格诗行。