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Dactylic hexameter

Dactylic hexameter is a form of meter commonly used in both Ancient Greek and Latin poetry. The best known use is for epic poems, such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, but it was also used for didactic and pastoral poetry in both languages, and in Latin for satire. It is also combined with a dactylic pentameter to make elegiac couplets…

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Dactylic hexameter

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Dactylic hexameter

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related to In English · 15
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related to In French · 12
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related to In Lithuanian · 5
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Dactylic hexameter → form of meter commonly used in both Ancient Greek and Latin poetry

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latin hexameter greek example dactylic poetry also line feet word long used syllables virgil foot caesura first syllable epic one

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Dactylic hexameteris aform of meter commonly used in both Ancient Greek and Latin poetry0.90text
mīlitēsinstance ofso words0.80text
Virgilinstance ofand it was at this time that the principles of Latin hexameter were firmly established and followed by later writers0.80text
Horaceinstance ofand it was at this time that the principles of Latin hexameter were firmly established and followed by later writers0.80text
Ovidinstance ofand it was at this time that the principles of Latin hexameter were firmly established and followed by later writers0.80text
Lucaninstance ofand it was at this time that the principles of Latin hexameter were firmly established and followed by later writers0.80text
and Juvenalinstance ofand it was at this time that the principles of Latin hexameter were firmly established and followed by later writers0.80text
anaphorainstance ofRhetorical techniquesRhetorical devices0.80text
antithesisinstance ofRhetorical techniquesRhetorical devices0.80text
and rhetorical questions are frequently used in epic poetryinstance ofRhetorical techniquesRhetorical devices0.80text
Dániel Varróinstance ofspontaneous hexameters have been spotted by contemporary poets0.80text
János Lackfiinstance ofspontaneous hexameters have been spotted by contemporary poets0.80text

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