heroic verse

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hero′ic verse′, 

1. Poetry a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes: in classical poetry, dactylic hexameter;
   in English and German, iambic pentameter;
   and in French, the Alexandrine. An example of heroic verse is
   Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring / Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing!

• 1610–20

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heroic verse noun

1. a type of verse suitable for epic or heroic subjects, such as the classical hexameter, the French Alexandrine, or the English iambic pentameter