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Recent Examples of hexameter
Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hexameter
Noun
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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
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Especially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss.—
Krissi Danielsson,
Parents,
29 July 2024
Noun
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By and large, Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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Artists of the art nouveau and German Jugendstil movements channeled Haeckel’s discoveries into their work, as did such leading architects and designers as Antoni Gaudí and Louis Sullivan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The free-trade agenda sought to deregulate the labor market and prioritize market efficiency, strengthening the hands of employers and severely weakening union and social movements, as anti-free traders had predicted.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Hexameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hexameter. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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