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Nov 30, 2009
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hex•am•e•ter



Pronunciation: (hek-sam'i-tur), [key] Pros.

—n.
1. a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
2. any line of verse in six feet, as in English poetry.

—adj.
consisting of six metrical feet.

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