Definition of Hexameter
Hex`am´e`ter
n.
1.
(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
Æneid
of
Virgil
.
In
English
hexameters
accent
takes
the
place
of
quantity
.
Leaped
like
the
|
roe
when
he
|
hears
in
the
|
woodland
the
|
voice
of
the
|
huntsman
.
- Longfellow.
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.
a.
1.
Having
six
metrical
feet
,
especially
dactyls
and
spondees
.
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