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A heroic couplet is an iambic pentameter couplet , commonly used in epic and narrative poetry. The form was introduced into English by Chaucer, and widely used subsequently, reaching a height of popularity in the works of Alexander Pope by the closed couplet （封闭韵体）, i.e