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Hexameter (Hex-am-uh-tur) Defined

A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet; the term, however, is usually used for dactylic hexameter, consisting of dactyls and spondees, the meter in which the Greek and Latin epics were written.
Sidelight: A hexameter is called an Alexandrine when it is iambic or trochaic in its English version.
(See Meter)
(See also Poulter's Measure)

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