The 'Heroic Couplet' is composed of lines written in which meter?
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Correct answer: Iambic Pentameter
A heroic couplet consists of two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter. It provides a balanced, rhythmic structure that was seen as the peak of sophisticated English verse.
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