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heroic stanza

Syllabification: (he·ro·ic stan·za)

Entry from US Dictionary

Definition of heroic stanza

noun

  • a rhyming quatrain in heroic verse. Also called heroic quatrain.
  • (in English poetry) a quatrain in iambic pentameter rhyming abab or abba. Compare with elegiac stanza.

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Definition of heroic stanza in the US English dictionary
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