elegiac pentameter
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elegiac pentameter — noun : an elegiac hexameter verse * * * Class. Pros. pentameter (def. 2). * * * elegiac pentameter A verse of two penthemimers, the first admitting spondees instead of dactyls, the second dactyls only • • • Main Entry: ↑pentameter … Useful english dictionary
pentameter — pentametrist, n. /pen tam i teuhr/, Pros. n. 1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. 2. Also called elegiac pentameter. Class. Pros. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable. 3 … Universalium
pentameter — /pɛnˈtæmətə / (say pen tamuhtuh) noun 1. a verse of five feet. 2. Classical Prosody a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another single syllable (elegiac pentameter). 3. unrhymed iambic pentameter; heroic… …
Elegiac couplet — Elegiac couplets are a poetic form used by Greek lyric poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than those of epic poetry. The ancient Romans frequently used elegiac couplets in love poetry, as in Ovid s Amores . As with heroic… … Wikipedia
Elegiac — refers either to those compositions that are like elegies or to a specific poetic meter used in Classical elegies. The Classical elegiac meter has two lines, making it a couplet: a line of dactylic hexameter, followed by a line of dactylic… … Wikipedia
Elegiac — E*le gi*ac (?; 277), a. [L. elegiacus, Gr. ?: cf. F. [ e]l[ e]giaque. See {Elegy}.] 1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. [1913 Webster] Elegiac griefs,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pentameter — Pen*tam e*ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? (see {Penta }) + ? measure.] (Gr. & L.Pros.) A verse of five feet. [1913 Webster] Note: The dactylic pentameter consists of two parts separated by a di[ae]resis. Each part consists of two dactyls and a long… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elegiac — [el΄ə jī′ə kəlel ē′jē ak΄, i lē′jē ak΄; el΄ə jī′ak΄, el΄ə jī′ək] adj. [LL elegiacus < Gr elegeiakos < elegeia: see ELEGY] 1. Gr. & Latin Prosody of or composed in dactylic hexameter couplets, the second line (sometimes called a pentameter)… … English World dictionary
Pentameter — In poetry, a pentameter is a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. Iambic pentameter is one of the most commonly used meters in English, used extensively by many poets, including William Shakespeare, John Milton, and William Wordsworth … Wikipedia
elegiac stanza — a four line iambic pentameter stanza rhyming alternately. Also called heroic stanza. * * * ▪ poetry in poetry, a quatrain in iambic pentameter (iamb) with alternate lines rhyming. Though the older and more general term for this is heroic… … Universalium
