| 单词 | heroic couplet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheroic couplet heroic couplet n. Prosody a rhyming couplet in iambic pentameter; the verse form consisting of such couplets; cf. sense A. 2a.Associated particularly with Chaucer and the poets of the late 17th and 18th centuries (such as Dryden and Pope). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > couplet > heroic couplet riding rhyme1573 heroic couplet1706 Popean couplet1892 1706 J. Browne Royal Prophetess Pref. Nor has any Nation had so good success in the use of Heroick Couplets, as the English. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Dryden in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 26 In the management of the heroic couplet Dryden has never been equalled. 1911 B. Matthews Study of Versification x. 200 The heroic couplet has served not only for narrative, but also for contemplative, philosophic, descriptive and satiric expression. 2007 T. Eagleton How to read Poem iv. 88 There is a balance and symmetry about these heroic couplets which reflect the reason, order and logic flouted by the apostles of Dullness. < as lemmas |
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