pentameter
a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
Also called elegiac pentameter. Classical Prosody. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable.
unrhymed verse of five iambic feet; heroic verse.
consisting of five metrical feet.
Origin of pentameter
1Other words from pentameter
- pen·tam·e·trist, noun
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How to use pentameter in a sentence
The lovers speak entirely in iambic pentameter, which works much better than it should.
The alternate hexameter and pentameter are, for most purposes, a more agreeable measure than the hexameter by itself.
If these verses were composed in good Latinity, the first word of the pentameter probably was justitiam.
The meter is iambic pentameter; but the first foot of the second line is a trochee, and emphasizes thoughts with fine effect.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterIt consists of nine verses, the first eight being iambic pentameter, and the ninth line iambic hexameter, or Alexandrine.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. Painter
Unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter measure, is known as blank verse.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. Painter
British Dictionary definitions for pentameter
/ (pɛnˈtæmɪtə) /
a verse line consisting of five metrical feet
(in classical prosody) a verse line consisting of two dactyls, one stressed syllable, two dactyls, and a final stressed syllable
designating a verse line consisting of five metrical feet
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