hexasyllable
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The hexasyllable or hexasyllabic verse is a line of verse with six syllables.
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- Subclass of
- meter
- Followed by
- heptasyllable
- Follows
- pentasyllabic verse
- Has parts of class
- syllable
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The hexasyllable or hexasyllabic verse is a line of verse with six syllables.
The orphan hexasyllable is a metric specificity of certain French epic poems. This kind of verse in the Garin de Monglane's Song in a 14th-century manuscript turns out original in an epic production.
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