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hexameter

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I wrote a script once to read in dactylic hexameter and automatically scan it.

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Quick take

a verse line having six metrical feet

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a verse line having six metrical feet

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hexameter.

noun

a verse line having six metrical feet

Example sentences

1

I wrote a script once to read in dactylic hexameter and automatically scan it.

2

I had an on-paper program to do dactylic hexameter.

3

This is an important style choice because dactylic hexameter was a great choice for poets in the ancient Greek language, but a poor choice in English.

4

First, so I can show up in the 3rd or 4th installment of a future civilization's video game franchise as an "Ancient One" and speak in hexameter.

5

I'd wager that Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare would be surprised to learn that non-rhyming poetry was ever "in style"though I suppose dactylic hexameter, terza rima, and sonnets are a bit end-rhyme-heavy.

6

Though, if by any chance you have reached a sufficient mastery of English prosody to understand the iambic pentameter, the dactylic hexameter really isn't such a stretch, notwithstanding one being based on stress and the other weight.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use hexameter in a sentence?

I wrote a script once to read in dactylic hexameter and automatically scan it.

What does hexameter mean?

a verse line having six metrical feet

What part of speech is hexameter?

hexameter is commonly used as noun.