Oxford Dictionary English heroic couplet nounnoun BrE BrE//həˌrəʊɪk ˈkʌplət// ; NAmE NAmE//həˌroʊɪk ˈkʌplət// (specialist) Poetry Add to my wordlistjump to other results two lines of poetry one after the other that rhyme and usually contain ten syllables and five stresses See related entries: PoetrySee heroic couplet in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: heroic couplet oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
