Heroic meter is a type of poetic meter that is characterized by having six iambic feet per line. This meter is commonly used in epic poetry and is associated with heroic and grand themes. Synonyms for heroic meter include epic meter, heroic couplets, Alexandrine meter, and hexameter. The Alexandrine meter is similar to heroic meter, but it has an extra syllable at the end of each line. Heroic couplets are a specific type of heroic meter that consists of rhymed pairs of lines in iambic pentameter. Hexameter is another term used to describe heroic meter, this time with six feet in each line, rather than six syllables per foot.