hexameter in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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hexameter [heksˈæmɪtəʳ, Am -ət̬ɚ] N

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Such epitaphs were frequently in metrical form, usually either hexameter or elegiacs.
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In ancient literature, heroic verse was synonymous with the dactylic hexameter.
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It consisted of four idylls, totaling 2,997 hexameters.
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An extant poem of 70 hexameters also bears her name.
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The poem is divided into 17 books and is composed in dactylic hexameter.
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Although they are professedly written in hexameters, the rules of quantity are sacrificed to accent.
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This is written in isometric rhymed hexameter and has been dated to 1155.
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It is a collection of moral advice, each consisting of hexameters, in four books.
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He made this stylised hexameter for dramatic effect.
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Elegiac meter was considered alternating lines of dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
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