n.
A four-line stanza consisting of two heroic couplets.
| Dictionary: heroic stanza |
A four-line stanza consisting of two heroic couplets.
| WordNet: heroic stanza |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a quatrain written in elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab
| heroic poetry | |
| Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Style) (poem) | |
| O Captain! My Captain! (Style) (poem) |
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