HEROIC Verse, is that wherein heroic poems are usually composed; or, it is that proper for such poems. In the Greek and Latin, hexameter verses are peculiarly denominated heroic verses, as being alone used by Homer, Virgil, &c. Alexandrine verses, of 12 syllables, were formerly called heroic verses, as being supposed the only verse proper for heroic poetry; but later writers use verses of ten syllables.