Definition of Pentameter. Meaning of Pentameter. Synonyms of Pentameter

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Definition of Pentameter

Pentameter
Pentameter 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.
Pentameter
Pentameter Pen*tam"e*ter, a. Having five metrical feet.

Meaning of Pentameter from wikipedia

- Iambic pentameter (/aɪˌæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/ eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama. The term...
- Pentameter (Ancient Gr****: πεντάμετρος, 'measuring five (feet)') is a poetic meter. А poem is said to be written in a particular pentameter when the lines...
- The dactylic pentameter is a verse-form which, in classical Gr**** and Latin poetry, follows a dactylic hexameter to make up an elegiac couplet. It consists...
- with stressed syllables coming at regular intervals (e.g. in iambic pentameters, usually every even-numbered syllable). Many Romance languages use a...
- The Pentameters Theatre was founded in 1968 and is still run by artistic director Leonie Scott-Matthews, a well known Hampstead resident. It is a 60-seat...
- (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. The rhyme...
- narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter. Use of the heroic couplet was pioneered by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Legend...
- character, which is abbreviated to ENQ. A pentameter is verse with five repeating feet per line; the iambic pentameter was the most prominent form used by William...
- speaking of birds, there's the Russian Palooski, / Whose headski is redski and belly is blueski. (Dr. Seuss) Iambic pentameter Anapestic tetrameter v t e...
- tree with two branches W and S where W = weak and S = strong. Iambic pentameter is one of the most commonly used measures in English and German poetry...