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heroic couplet

Alternative name for the iambic pentameter couplet (two lines of five unstressed/stressed feet; see foot, metre), because of its frequent use in epic or heroic poetry.



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Changing forms from free verse to heroic couplets and other poetic devices as suits the story, She Alone encapsulates its nameless protagonist's struggle to find her own sense of place and identity in a rapidly evolving world.
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