decasyllable
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It was the beginning of a revolution, which Ferreira completed by abandoning the hendecasyllable for the Italian decasyllable, and by composing the noble and austere 286 Roman poetry of his letters, odes and elegies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Most of Shakespeare’s lines conform to the normal type of the decasyllable, and the rest are accounted for by familiar and rational rules of variation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Wyatt's awkwardness is not limited to the decasyllable, but some of his short poems in short lines recover rhythmical grace very remarkably, and set a great example.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
The shorter length of the decasyllable line is not altogether a disadvantage to the translator.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
How DID you learn the secret of writing the decasyllable line, and whence that sweet wailing note of tenderness that accompanies your song?
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
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