Meter and Pentameter

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Meter noun - The recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity.

Usage example: the poem's heavy meter is meant to reinforce the atmosphere of gloom

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Pentameter and meter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pentameter" instead a noun "Meter".

Nearby Words: mete, metre, metering, meterage

Pentameter noun - A verse line having five metrical feet.

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Meter and pentameter are semantically related. You can use "Meter" instead a noun "Pentameter".

Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: Most of the dialog in the past is blank verse, and the meter varies between characters.

Source: Film / The Undead
Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: Well, tetrameter, but it still applies—all of Danger's prophecies are in meter, to the point where it's become a convention for others writing in the 'verse.

Source: Fanfic / Dangerverse
Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: Underdog speaks entirely in rhymed couplets, albeit not always with much concern for meter.

Source: Western Animation / Underdog

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