decasyllabic
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The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Not only the decasyllabic, but the lyric, in short lines had almost died out of memory, and Wyatt brought it back.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
In his hands the irregular measure showed a tendency to reduce itself to regular ten-syllable lines, like the first two of the present specimen, which, by themselves, might easily be read as decasyllabic iambics.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The sonnet must consist of fourteen decasyllabic lines.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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