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Definition of Octosyllabical

Octosyllabical
Octosyllabic Oc`to*syl*lab"ic, Octosyllabical Oc`to*syl*lab"ic*al, a. [L. octosyllabus. See Octo-, and Syllable.] Consisting of or containing eight syllables.

Meaning of Octosyllabical from wikipedia

- The octosyllable or octosyllabic verse is a line of verse with eight syllables. It is equivalent to tetrameter verse in trochees in languages with a stress...
- giants. The "Albina story" survives in several forms, including the octosyllabic Anglo-Norman poem "Des grantz geanz" dating to 1300–1334. According to...
- word derives from the Sanskrit term sloka, a verse form consisting of octosyllabic couplets. This is plausible considering that the metrical structure of...
- long in three books and takes the form of a dream vision composed in octosyllabic couplets. Upon falling asleep the poet finds himself in a gl**** temple...
- foot. (See also tap dance.) When sung, the bulería has three or four octosyllabic lines. It is sometimes subdivided into bulerías al golpe and bulerías...
- usually follows the structure of "cante" that consist of four or five octosyllabic verses (coplas) or musical phrases (tercios). Occasionally, the first...
- An early French dramatic play is Le Jeu d'Adam (c. 1150) written in octosyllabic rhymed couplets with Latin stage directions (implying that it was written...
- structure differs significantly, like Spanish romanceros, which are octosyllabic and use consonance rather than rhyme. Ballads usually are heavily influenced...
- partitions by neighboring empires. His works including plays written in the octosyllabic verse (Zemsta) and in prose (Damy i Huzary) as well as fables, belong...
- canon of Polish literature. It is a play in four acts, written in the octosyllabic verse mostly in the vernacular of Lesser Poland (Małopolska); filled...