line of poetry

Other forms: lines of poetry

Definitions of line of poetry
  1. noun
    a single line of words in a poem
    synonyms: line of verse
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    acatalectic
    (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
    Alexandrine
    (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
    catalectic
    (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
    hypercatalectic
    (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
    type of:
    line
    text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
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