📖pentameter

noun
/pɛnˈtæmɪtər/

Meaning

A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

Example Sentences

Shakespeare often wrote his plays in iambic pentameter.

Synonyms

verse line, poetic meter, iambic line, rhythm line

Antonyms

prose, free verse

Collocations

iambic pentameter, write in pentameter, lines of pentameter

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