“heroic couplet”的意思、由来-百科全书

heroic couplet

poetry

a couplet of rhyming iambic pentameters (pentameter) often forming a distinct rhetorical as well as metrical unit. The origin of the form in English poetry is unknown, but Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century was the first to make extensive use of it. The heroic couplet became the principal metre used in drama about the mid-17th century, and the form was perfected by John Dryden (Dryden, John) and Alexander Pope (Pope, Alexander) in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. An example, from Pope's “Eloisa to Abelard,” is

Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief;

Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief.

词条	heroic couplet
释义	heroic couplet poetry a couplet of rhyming iambic pentameters (pentameter) often forming a distinct rhetorical as well as metrical unit. The origin of the form in English poetry is unknown, but Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century was the first to make extensive use of it. The heroic couplet became the principal metre used in drama about the mid-17th century, and the form was perfected by John Dryden (Dryden, John) and Alexander Pope (Pope, Alexander) in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. An example, from Pope's “Eloisa to Abelard,” is Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief.
随便看	Brătianu, Ionel B Seebohm Rowntree Bstan-'gyur B. Traven BT Tower Buache, Philippe Bubastis bubble chamber bubble shell Bubenberg, Adrian von Buber, Martin Bubka, Sergey Bublé, Michael Bubnov, Andrey Sergeyevich Bucaramanga Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio María buccaneer bucchero ware Buccoo Coral Reef Bucegi Massif Bucentaur Bucer, Martin Buchalter, Louis Buchan, Alexander Buchanan