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Definition of "octameter" []

  • A line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "octameter" in a sentence
  • "I wrote tons of sonnets, and got really decent at iambic octameter/pentameter."
  • "” The former is trochaic—the latter is octameter acatalectic, alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse, and terminating with tetrameter catalectic."
  • "Verses of seven and eight feet are rare; they are called heptameter and octameter, respectively."
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