heroic couplet

US /hɪˌroʊ.ɪk ˈkʌp.lət/
UK /hɪˌroʊ.ɪk ˈkʌp.lət/
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distico eroico

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used in English verse in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Alexander Pope was a master of the heroic couplet.
Alexander Pope era un maestro del distico eroico.
Many of Shakespeare's sonnets end with a heroic couplet.
Molti dei sonetti di Shakespeare terminano con un distico eroico.