Octameter

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A verse containing eight feet; as, --//Deep\# in|to\# the | dark\#ness | peer\#ing, | long\# I | stood\# there | wond'\#ring, | fear\#ing.

Related Words

octameter
octămĕter, tra, trum, adj., = ὀκτάμετρος, having eight feet , octameter; in prosody, Mar. Vict. p....

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