Hexameter Definition | What is Hexameter? - PoetrySoup
Definition
Meter used in Greek epic poetry. Homer wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad in unrhymed dactylic hexameters. See meter. A more recent example is Evangeline by Longfellow.
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[n] a verse line having six metrical feet
A literary and poetic form, consisting of six metrical feet per line.
Example
An example from Drayton: - Nor any other wold like Cotswold ever sped,
- So rich and fair a vale in fortuning to wed.
See Also...
verse, verse line
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