Meaning | A single line of words in a poem. |
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Synonym | line of verse |
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Part of | couplet | A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse |
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poem, verse form | A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
Narrower | Alexandrine | (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet |
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acatalectic | (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables |
catalectic | (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot |
hypercatalectic | (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot |
Broader | line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
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