noun
- a line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet
Usage: poetry; prosody
Examples
- The poet experimented with octameter to create a flowing, rhythmic effect.
- Trochaic octameter was used in some traditional ballads.
- The octameter line stretched across the page with its eight stressed beats.
- Students learned to scan octameter verses in their literature class.
- The epic poem featured several passages written in iambic octameter.
- Octameter is less common than pentameter in English poetry.