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Meaning Of Hexameter
n.
A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be
either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and
the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the
Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent
takes the place of quantity.
a.
Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and
spondees.