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Meanings of heroic verse in English
Catalan
vers heroic Spanish
verso heróico A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter.
Synonyms
Examples for "heroic"
Examples for "heroic"
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In physique they were heroic; both were lawyers; both were natural orators.
2
One cannot but admire the heroic pastoral work done by Fr Good.
3
Please enjoy these stirring and heroic images of great women throughout history.
4
These trip reports leave vivid images of heroic maneuvers to avoid lines.
5
This tragedy is written in heroic verse; the plot from Justin, lib.
Usage of heroic verse in English
1
This tragedy is written in heroic verse; the plot from Justin, lib.
2
This play is likewise written in heroic verse, and founded on history.
3
Title: Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse
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A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse
5
You may find yourself drawn to heroic verse, you may not.
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It is written in the stanza of eight, which is their measure for heroic verse.
7
That did its bit to mould heroic verse.
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This play is written in heroic verse.
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Hence no one has ever composed a poem on a great scale in any other than heroic verse.
10
The State of Innocence; or the Fall of Man, an Opera, written in heroic verse, and printed in 4to.
11
The Epistles, which are in heroic verse, have striking passages, and the notes are of a like incisive character.
12
He left a poem, the "Punica," which contains the history in heroic verse of the second Punic war.
13
Charles the VIIIth King of France, or the Invasion of Naples by the French; this play is written in heroic verse.
14
Ibrahim, the Illustrious Bassa, a Tragedy in heroic verse; acted at the Duke's Theatre 1677, dedicated to the Duchess of Albemarle.
15
Then the crier, praising her brave deed in heroic verse, led her around the camp, inside of the circle of teepees.
16
He writes it in the French heroic verse, and calls it an heroic poem; his subject is trivial, but his verse is noble.
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Heroic verse through the time
Heroic verse across language varieties
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