heptameter
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Origin of heptameter
1895–1900; < Medieval Latin heptametrum < Greek heptámetron a verse of seven feet. See hepta-, meter 2
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Librettist Jeremy Gury preserved the 13 stanzas of iambic heptameter intact, but also worked up a good deal of added story business besides two more stanzas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Johnson, furthermore, has carved out her own poetic medium, alternating two tetrameter lines with a single heptameter, a most unusual combination.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
In the second place, the metre is irregular; departing very widely in places from the iambic heptameter which appears to be the dominant measure.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
The former is trochaic—the latter is octameter acatalectic, alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse, and terminating with tetrameter catalectic.
From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous
While the casual reader may find in the long heptameter lines a want of sing-song facility; the true lover of the Nine pauses in admiration at the deep flowing nobility of the rhyme.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
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