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LINE OF POETRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A single line of words in a poem
Synonyms:
line of poetry; line of verse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("line of poetry" is a kind of...):
line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "line of poetry"):
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)
Holonyms ("line of poetry" is a part of...):
poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)
couplet (a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed)
