Verse

Of poem and line.   May also be referred to as verse line.

A line of metrical text.

This concept's ID is @1~34186

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  • tetrameter 0 facts

    A verse line having four metrical feet.

  • pentameter 0 facts

    A verse line having five metrical feet.

  • hexameter 0 facts

    A verse line having six metrical feet.

  • iambic 0 facts

    A verse line consisting of iambs.

  • octameter 0 facts

    A verse line having eight metrical feet.

  • Adonic 0 facts

    A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by...

  • octosyllable 0 facts

    A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines.

  • decasyllable 0 facts

    A verse line having ten syllables.