21. These last poems, written in the heroic couplet , contain some of the finest passages in Drayton's writings. 22. His first more elaborate production, " State Dunces ", a satire in heroic couplets , was published in 1733. 23. With his emphasis on definitive phrasing through inversion and balance, he prepared the way for the emergence of the heroic couplet . 24. Much of Campbell's verse was satirical in heroic couplets , a form otherwise rare in 20th-century English verse. 25. Christopher Marlowe published a translation of Book I, while Thomas May followed with a complete translation into heroic couplets in 1626. 26. John Dryden in the 16 17th century and Alexander Pope in the 18th century were both well known for their writing in heroic couplets . 27. I surmised that it would be imprudent for me to permit iambic pentameters, heroic couplets or Dionysian dithyrambs to creep into my newspaper work. 28. The poem is written in heroic couplets , and describes the decline of a village and the emigration of many of its residents to America. 29. And as if to underscore the point, it is written _ with a-hard-to-fathom audacity _ entirely in heroic couplets . 30. I m sure no one wants to keep spouting heroic couplets over fluffy footwear until the discussion reaches some kind of Rape of the Lock absurdity.
