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nouna verse line having five metrical feettype of:
Definition that contains pentameter
- 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