A-Z: General definitions
- Pelops
- Penal substitution
- Penance
- Penelope
- Penitence
- Penitent
- Penitential Psalm
- Penny gaff
- Pentameter
- Pentateuch
- Pentecost
- Pentecostal Christian
- Pentheus
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Perdition
- Perepeteia
- Periphrasis
- Peris
- Perjoratively
- Persecution
- Persephone
- Perseus
- Perseus and Medusa
- Persian
- Persona
- Personified
- Personify
- Pessimism
- Peter
- Peter Abelard
- Peter Lombard
- Peterloo massacre
- Petit coffre
- Petrarch
- Petrarchan
- Petrarchan sonnet
- Pew
- Phaedra
- Phaethon
- Phaeton
- phallic
- Pharaoh
- Pharisee
- Phidian
- Philanthropist
- Philip II
- Philip Sidney
- Philippi
- Philistine
- Philoctetes
A-Z: General definitions: Pentameter
Definition
A line containing five stressed syllables or feet. See Metre.
In all languages, some syllables are pronounced with more of an emphasis than others. In poetry of many languages, this becomes a significant means of patterning. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of verse is called its
The particular measurement in a line of poetry, determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (in some languages, the pattern of long and short syllables). It is the measured basis of rhythm.
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