heroic verse in English

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a type of verse used for epic or heroic subjects, such as the dactylic hexameter, iambic pentameter, or alexandrine. Also called heroic meter.
His formula for modern heroic verse , proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees.
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1. Alexandrine In English, a 12-syllable iambic line adapted from French heroic verse