Restoration 'Heroic Drama' was typically written in which poetic form?
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Correct answer: Heroic Couplets
Restoration Heroic Drama was written in heroic couplets — rhymed iambic pentameter pairs — to give the plays a grand, elevated, epic quality. John Dryden was the principal architect of the form, as seen in 'The Conquest of Granada' (1670–71).
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