Octameter

Octameter

Octameter in poetry is a line of eight metrical feet. It is not very common in English verse. E.g.: -

Trochaic

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door
(Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven")

Dactylic

Ere frost-flower and snow-blossom faded and fell, and the splendour of winter had passed out of sight,
The ways of the woodlands were fairer and stranger than dreams that fulfil us in sleep with delight;
The breath of the mouths of the winds had hardened on tree-tops and branches that glittered and swayed
Such wonders and glories of blossomlike snow or of frost that outlightens all flowers till it fade
(A. C. Swinburne, "March: An Ode")

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  • Octameter — Oc*tam e*ter, n. [Cf.L. octameter in eight feet. See {Octa }, and {meter}.] 1. (Pros.) A verse containing eight feet; as, Deep in|to the | dark ness | peer ing, | long I | stood there | wond ring, | fear ing. Poe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • octameter — [äk tam′ət ər] n. [LL, having eight feet < Gr oktametros: see OCTA & METER1] a line of verse containing eight metrical feet or measures …   English World dictionary

  • octameter — /ok tam i teuhr/, Pros. adj. 1. consisting of eight measures or feet. n. 2. Also, octometer. an octameter verse. [1840 50; < LL < Gk oktámetros (adj.), equiv. to okta OCTA + métr(on) METER + os adj. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

  • octameter — oc•tam•e•ter [[t]ɒkˈtæm ɪ tər[/t]] adj. 1) pro consisting of eight measures or feet 2) pro an octameter verse • Etymology: 1840–50; < LL < Gk oktámetros …   From formal English to slang

  • octameter — /ɒkˈtæmətə/ (say ok tamuhtuh) adjective 1. having eight measures or feet to a line of verse. –noun 2. an octameter verse. {Late Latin, from Greek oktametros of eight measures} …  

  • octameter — noun Etymology: Late Latin, having eight feet, from Late Greek oktametros, from okta + metron measure more at measure Date: 1889 a line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • octameter — noun A line of verse containing eight metrical feet …   Wiktionary

  • octameter — n. verse line with eight metrical feet …   English contemporary dictionary

  • octameter — oc·tam·e·ter …   English syllables

  • octameter —   n. verse line of eight feet …   Dictionary of difficult words

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