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octametermore about octameter

octameter


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octameter  \Oc*tam"e*ter\,  n.  [Cf.L.  octameter  in  eight  feet.  See 
  {Octa-},  and  {meter}.]  (Pros.) 
  A  verse  containing  eight  feet;  as 
 
  Deep"  in|to"  the  |  dark"ness  |  peer"ing,  |  long"  I  | 
  stood"  there  |  wond'"ring,  |  fear"ing.  --Poe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  octameter 
  n  :  a  verse  line  having  eight  metrical  feet 




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