hexameter
n . 六步格,六步格的诗
a . 六步格的
六步格,六步格的诗六步格的
hexameter n 1 :
a verse line having six metrical feet Hexameter \
Hex *
am "
e *
ter \,
n . [
L .,
fr .
Gr . ?
of six meters ; (
sc .
?)
hexameter verse ; "
e `
x six ?
measure :
cf .
F .
hexam [`
e ]
tre .
See {
Six },
and {
Meter }.] (
Gr . &
Lat .
Pros .)
A verse of six feet ,
the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees ,
the fifth must regularly be a dactyl ,
and the sixth always a spondee .
In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil .
In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity .
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Leaped like the |
roe when he |
hears in the |
woodland the |
voice of the |
huntsman . --
Longfellow .
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Strongly it |
bears us a - |
long on |
swelling and |
limitless |
billows ,
Nothing be - |
fore and |
nothing be - |
hind but the |
sky and the |
ocean . --
Coleridge .
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Hexameter \
Hex *
am "
e *
ter \,
a .
Having six metrical feet ,
especially dactyls and spondees .
--
Holland .
Hexametric
Verse \
Verse \ (
v [~
e ]
rs ),
n . [
OE .
vers ,
AS .
fers ,
L .
versus a line in writing ,
and ,
in poetry ,
a verse ,
from vertere ,
versum ,
to turn ,
to turn round ;
akin to E .
worth to become :
cf .
F .
vers .
See {
Worth }
to become ,
and cf . {
Advertise },
{
Averse }, {
Controversy }, {
Convert }, {
Divers }, {
Invert },
{
Obverse }, {
Prose }, {
Suzerain }, {
Vortex }.]
1 .
A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (
see {
Foot },
n .,
9 )
disposed according to metrical rules .
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Note :
Verses are of various kinds ,
as {
hexameter },
{
pentameter }, {
tetrameter },
etc .,
according to the number of feet in each .
A verse of twelve syllables is called an {
Alexandrine }.
Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe .
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2 .
Metrical arrangement and language ;
that which is composed in metrical form ;
versification ;
poetry .
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Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse .
--
Milton .
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Virtue was taught in verse . --
Prior .
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Verse embalms virtue . --
Donne .
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3 .
A short division of any composition .
Specifically :
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(
a )
A stanza ;
a stave ;
as ,
a hymn of four verses .
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Note :
Although this use of verse is common ,
it is objectionable ,
because not always distinguishable from the stricter use in the sense of a line .
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(
b ) (
Script .)
One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments .
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Note :
The author of the division of the Old Testament into verses is not ascertained .
The New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephens [
or Estienne ],
a French printer .
This arrangement appeared for the first time in an edition printed at Geneva ,
in 1551 .
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(
c ) (
Mus .)
A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part .
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4 .
A piece of poetry . "
This verse be thine ." --
Pope .
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{
Blank verse },
poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes .
{
Heroic verse }.
See under {
Heroic }.
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