KnowraHeroic coupletLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Heroic couplet, each with the reason it gives.All 12Related 8Compared with 4Blank verseCompared with: Its paired end rhymes create closure that blank verse typically avoids.Ottava rimaCompared with: Ottava rima embeds a rhyming couplet after six lines of alternating rhyme.Lyrical BalladsCompared with: The collection’s varied meters and ballad forms depart from this dominant eighteenth-century verse form.Abraham CowleyCompared with: Its regularity contrasts with the variable rhythms of Cowley’s Pindaric odes.