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Definitions of pentameter
  1. noun
    a verse line having five metrical feet
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  • heroic a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
  • blank verse unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
  • heroic couplet a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
  • shakespearean sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  • elegiac stanza a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
  • heroic meter a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
  • spenserian sonnet a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
  • elizabethan sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  • heroic verse a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
  • spenserian stanza a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c
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