hexameter

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Recent Examples of hexameter Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter. William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 At a rate of roughly one verse per minute, Clark’s invention could compose striking Latin hexameters. Laurent Dubreuil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 On the other, the Satires and Epistles, loose, talky poems written, like the Ars, in dactylic hexameter. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020 Sarah Ruden took upon herself the Herculean task of translating Virgil line-by-line, in iambic pentameter, the normative rhythm of English verse, as dactylic hexameter is of ancient epic. Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017 More specifically, a grammatically- and rhythmically-correct line of dactylic hexameter, the kind used by Virgil and Ovid. Leah Henrickson, Slate Magazine, 29 Aug. 2017
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Noun
  • This task — writing a poem about a worm in anapestic tetrameter, a very specific and satisfyingly arcane poetic meter — is a challenging one, but ChatGPT was the clear winner, followed by a distant grouping of Bing then Bard.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Especially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss.
    Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 29 July 2024
Noun
  • By and large, Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Screenwriter Michael Lesslie oversaw this adaptation, which carries with it unfortunate relics of an earlier time — not the iambic pentameter, which is sacred, but references to kings and lords and a royal society that doesn’t translate one bit to the modern corporate world.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This cute crawling crab toy is 44% off and is the perfect toy for encouraging movement and exploration.
    Anja Webb, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In the final movements, Breaking Dawn — Part 2 does walk back its wilder elements, but retains much credit for consistently delivering jaw-dropping moments of shocking violence as well as comedy.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025

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