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heroic couplet

/hɪˌrəʊɪk ˈkʌplət/noun

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वीर युग्मक (iambic pentameter की तुकांत दो पंक्तियाँ)

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noun
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    [C] technical

    a pair of rhyming lines of poetry, each with five stresses, usually in iambic pentameter

    वीर युग्मक (iambic pentameter की तुकांत दो पंक्तियाँ)

    • Alexander Pope wrote most of his poems in heroic couplets.
    • 'True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, / What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd' is a heroic couplet.
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The heroic couplet was the main verse form of English poets such as John Dryden and Alexander Pope.

Heroic couplet John Dryden और Alexander Pope जैसे अंग्रेज़ कवियों का मुख्य छंद-रूप था।