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Pentameter

Pentameter Meaning & Definition
Pentameter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pentameter?

[n] a verse line having five metrical feet

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See Also | verse | verse line

Pentameter In Webster's Dictionary

\Pen*tam"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? (see {Penta-}) + ? measure.] (Gr. & L.Pros.) A verse of five feet. Note: The dactylic pentameter consists of two parts separated by a di[ae]resis. Each part consists of two dactyls and a long syllable. The spondee may take the place of the dactyl in the first part, but not in the second. The elegiac distich consists of the hexameter followed by the pentameter. --Harkness.
\Pen*tam"e*ter\, a. Having five metrical feet.

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