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dac·tyl·ic [dækˈtɪlɪk] ADJ inv LING

dactylic

daktylisch spec

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dactylic hexameter

daktylischer Hexameter

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It is found in the dactylic hexameter and the dactylic pentameter. en.wikipedia.org

The two half-lines are each called a hemiepes (half-epic), from the fact that they resemble half a line of epic dactylic hexameter. en.wikipedia.org

All feet in the line conform to one of the two patterns of dactylic hexameter. en.wikipedia.org

Only about one and a half books (1,127 dactylic hexameters) were completed before the poet's death. en.wikipedia.org

The poem is divided into 17 books and is composed in dactylic hexameter. en.wikipedia.org

Some patterns (such as iambic pentameter) tend to be fairly regular, while other patterns, such as dactylic hexameter, tend to be highly irregular. en.wikipedia.org

However, the only obvious imperfections are a few lines of verse that are metrically unfinished (i.e., not a complete line of dactylic hexameter). en.wikipedia.org

It refers to a line consisting of four dactylic feet. en.wikipedia.org

Elegiac meter was considered alternating lines of dactylic hexameter and pentameter. en.wikipedia.org

Folk poetry had generally been unrhymed, relying more on dactylic line endings for effect. en.wikipedia.org

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