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elegiac pentameter

elegiac pentameter noun: a poetic metre of six dactylic feet, the third and sixth shortened to a single long syllable.

Noun

elegiac pentameter

  1. A poetic metre of six dactylic feet, the third and sixth shortened to a single long syllable.

Questions about elegiac pentameter

What does elegiac pentameter mean?
Elegiac pentameter means a poetic metre of six dactylic feet, the third and sixth shortened to a single long syllable.
What part of speech is elegiac pentameter?
Elegiac pentameter is a noun.

Words near elegiac pentameter in the dictionary

  1. elegantin
  2. elegantly
  3. elegantness
  4. elegants
  5. elegiac
  6. elegiac pentameter
  7. elegiacal
  8. elegiacally
  9. elegiack
  10. elegiacks
  11. elegiacs

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