hypermeter
noun
a verse or line containing additional syllables after those proper to the meter.
hypermetrical
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a word derived from
hypermeter.
Example Sentences
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Each hypermetrical half-line has usually three stresses, thus giving six stresses to the whole line instead of two.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
Sometimes there are two consecutive lines having such hypermetrical syllables— Extolling patience as the truest fortitude; And to the bearing well of all calamities.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
The unfortunate cacophony of the opening is the retribution on the translator for not having the courage to begin with a hypermetrical line.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
Lines 92 and 93 are also unusually long, but not hypermetrical.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
Q, her vertuous service; vertuous, which is obviously hypermetrical, has been repeated by mistake from the previous line. 47-48.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
