ALL meanings of pentameter
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P p - noun pentameter poetry: line with five feet 1
- noun pentameter a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. 1
- noun pentameter Also called elegiac pentameter. Classical Prosody. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable. 1
- noun pentameter unrhymed verse of five iambic feet; heroic verse. 1
- adjective pentameter consisting of five metrical feet. 1
- countable noun pentameter In literary criticism, a pentameter is a line of poetry that has five strong beats in it. 0
- noun pentameter a verse line consisting of five metrical feet 0
- noun pentameter (in classical prosody) a verse line consisting of two dactyls, one stressed syllable, two dactyls, and a final stressed syllable 0
- adjective pentameter designating a verse line consisting of five metrical feet 0
- noun pentameter a line of verse containing five metrical feet or measures; esp., English iambic pentameter (Ex.: “Hĕ jésts | ăt scárs | whŏ név | ĕr félt | ă woúnd”) 0
- noun pentameter verse consisting of pentameters; heroic verse 0
- adjective pentameter having five metrical feet or measures 0