Pentameter Definition

pĕn-tămĭ-tər
noun
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”)
Webster's New World
Verse consisting of pentameters; heroic verse.
Webster's New World
adjective
Having five metrical feet or measures.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pentameter

Noun

Singular:
pentameter
Plural:
pentameters

Origin of Pentameter

  • Latin from Greek pentametros penta- penta- metron measure meter1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pentameter Sentence Examples

  • T.S.Eliot " To break the pentameter, that was the first heave.

  • Help - Rhyme forms Terza rima stanza Three line stanza, commonly iambic pentameter.

  • The meter is basically iambic pentameter with variations, and incorporating a number of breaks within the line (caesura ).

  • The dialog, which Potter wrote, is in a rhyme which is an iambic pentameter, apart from a few direct declarations with eight syllables.

  • The poem is in the form of rhyming pentameter couplets, sometimes called heroic couplets, the favorite poetic form of the eighteenth century.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEN

Words Ending With

RERTER

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Words Starting With P and Ending With R

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