I really like decasyllabic verses in poetry.
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Decasyllabic
//dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk//
Synonyms for "decasyllabic" (3 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 12 languages.
Breton
1 entries- deksilabennek adj (having ten syllables)
Catalan
1 entries- decasíl·lab adj (having ten syllables)
Dutch
1 entries- tienlettergrepig adj (having ten syllables)
Esperanto
1 entries- deksilaba adj (having ten syllables)
Finnish
1 entries- kymmentavuinen adj (having ten syllables)
French
2 entries- décasyllabe adj (having ten syllables)
- décasyllabique adj (having ten syllables)
Georgian
1 entries- ათმარცვლიანი adj (having ten syllables)
German
1 entries- zehnsilbig adj (having ten syllables)
Hungarian
1 entries- tíz szótagú/szótagos adj (having ten syllables)
Irish
1 entries- deichshiollach adj (having ten syllables)
Polish
1 entries- dziesięciozgłoskowy adj (having ten syllables)
Russian
1 entries- десятисложный adj (having ten syllables)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The accomplishment was nothing. The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing.
Source: wiktionary
The lines are almost uniformly decasyllabic (though the syntax breaks up the iambs early in the sequence), and there are some notable exceptions which mainly cluster toward the end of the final sonnet (one line is a thirteener).
Source: wiktionary
an English sonnet written in decasyllabics
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