pentameter
noun[CorU]
literaturespecializeduk/penˈtæm.ɪ.tər/us/penˈtæm.ə.t̬ɚ/alineinpoetrywhich has fivestressedsyllables; therhythmofpoetrywith fivestressedsyllablesin aline:
五步格诗,五音步诗行Most of Shakespeare'sverseis written iniambicpentameter(= fivepairsofsyllableswith an unstressedsyllablefollowedby astressedsyllable).莎士比亚的大部分诗歌都是以抑扬五音步写成的。
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hexameter
tetrameter
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- ode
- passion play
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy