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| pen·tam·e·ter [ pen támmətər ] (plural pen·tam·e·ters) |
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poetry line: a line of verse consisting of five units of rhythm such as five pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables
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| [Early 16th century. Via Latin< Greek pentametros "having five measures" < penta- "five" + metron "measure"] |
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