WHY THE HECK ARE HEROIC COUPLETS IMPORTANT???  WHAT DO THEY SIGNIFY???  WHY WOULD ALEXANDER POPE PREFER THEM???

I DON’T KNOW AND I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR OVER AN HOUR BUT EVERYONE JUST SAYS “ALEXANDER POPE MADE THEM FASHIONABLE”.

BUT WHY.

WHY?????

“The Oxford English Dictionary notes some old Dutch words “botervlieg” and “boterschijte,” and conjectures that butterflies’ excrement may have been thought to resemble butter, hence giving the name “butter-shit,” then “butter-fly”.”