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Definitions of verse line
Definition that contains verse line
  • iambic a verse line consisting of iambs
  • pentameter a verse line having five metrical feet
  • tetrameter a verse line having four metrical feet
  • hexameter a verse line having six metrical feet
  • caesura a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
  • octameter a verse line having eight metrical feet
  • adonic line a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
  • decasyllable a verse line having ten syllables
  • octosyllable a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
  • tetrametric of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter
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