Pentameter

/pˈɛntɐmˌiːtɐ/

/pˈɛntɐmˌiːɾɚ/

[noun]

Pentameter

[NOUN]

a metrical line of poetry consisting of five feet

Examples

1. And pentameter means that there are five feet in a line.

2. So therefore, our saturation pentameter resonance is given by this expression.

3. There are five feet in each of these lines, making them pentameters.

4. And yet, it's also important for reading Pound and for reading Eliot and for reading Moore, who sound the way they do partly because they make a point of not writing pentameter, the meter that Frost often, but not always, chooses.