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Pentameter

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Noun

1. pentameter

a verse line having five metrical feet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pentameter

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noun
1. 
a verse line consisting of five metrical feet
2. 
(in classical prosody) a verse line consisting of two dactyls, one stressed syllable, two dactyls, and a final stressed syllable
adjective
3. 
designating a verse line consisting of five metrical feet

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Pentameter

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noun
1. 
a line of verse containing five metrical feet or measures; esp., English iambic pentameter (Ex.: “Hĕ jésts | ăt scárs | whŏ név | ĕr félt | ă woúnd”)
2. 
verse consisting of pentameters; heroic verse
adjective
3. 
having five metrical feet or measures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pentameter

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n.
1. Verse written in lines of five metrical feet.
2. A single line of such verse.

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