OCTAMETER Definition & Meaning

octameter

[ ok-tam-i-ter ]

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adjective

consisting of eight measures or feet.

noun

Also an octameter verse.

octameter

/ ɒ��ˈ��æ��ɪ��ə /

noun

prosody a verse line consisting of eight metrical feet

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of octameter¹

1840–50; < Late Latin < Greek �ǰ��á��ٰ��ǲ� (adj.), equivalent to okta- octa- + ��é�ٰ� ( on ) -meter + -os adj. suffix

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The former is trochaic—the latter is octameter acatalectic, alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse, and terminating with tetrameter catalectic.

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Verses of seven and eight feet are rare; they are called heptameter and octameter, respectively.

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