iambic hexameter

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• Hexameter — is a literary and poetic form, consisting of six metrical feet per line as in the Iliad . It was the standard epic metre in Greek and became standard for Latin too. It was also used in other types of composition in Horace s satires, for instance …   Wikipedia

• iambic — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• hexameter — hexametric /hek seuh me trik/, hexametrical, hexametral, adj. /hek sam i teuhr/, 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,… …   Universalium

• Topic outline of poetry — Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities, in addition to, or instead of, its ostensible meaning. The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to poetry: Essence of poetry Types of …   Wikipedia

• Outline of poetry — The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to poetry: Poetry – a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities, in addition to, or instead of, its apparent meaning. Contents 1 Types of poetry 1.1… …   Wikipedia

• Lyric poetry — [ Henry Oliver Walker, Lyric Poetry (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] Lyric poetry refers to a usually short poem that expresses personal feelings, which may or may not be set to music. [Tom McArthur (ed),… …   Wikipedia

• Spenserian stanza — The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene . Spenser intended this poem to be many thousands of Spenserian stanzas, hence its epic name, but he died before even 1/4 of his goal was… …   Wikipedia

• Alexandrine — An alexandrine is a line of poetic meter comprising 12 syllables. Alexandrines are common in the German literature of the Baroque period and in French poetry of the early modern and modern periods. Drama in English often used alexandrines before… …   Wikipedia

• Don Juan (Byron) — Byron s Don Juan (Penguin Classics version) Don Juan (  /d …   Wikipedia

• poulter'smeasure — poul·ter s measure (pōlʹtərz) n. A metrical pattern employing couplets in which the first line is in iambic hexameter and the second is in iambic heptameter.   [From obsolete poulter, a poultry dealer (from the practice of giving a few extra eggs …   Universalium

• poulter's measure — /pohl teuhrz/, Pros. a metrical pattern using couplets having the first line in iambic hexameter, or 12 syllables, and the second in iambic heptameter, or 14 syllables. [1570 80; so called because poulters (see POULTERER) used to give extra eggs… …   Universalium