Associations to the word «Octameter»

Noun

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Wiktionary

OCTAMETER, noun. A line of verse containing eight metrical feet

Dictionary definition

OCTAMETER, noun. A verse line having eight metrical feet.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats