sexasyllabic

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“The latter clause, however, relieves the dilemma in which I should otherwise find⟳ myself involved; for I was far from attempting the performance of what the witty Dean Swift once coined a sexasyllabic word for, viz.: ‘sermonification.’”

“The rhyme and especially the rhythm are entirely different from those of the twelve-syllable Spanish verse; the rhythm is unisonous with the kumintang, a purely Tagalog musical air which is generally used as accompaniment to these dodecasyllabic verses and has a sexasyllabic movement, similar to the monorhythmic romancerillo of six syllables.”

“A syntactical tightness combined with themes Valerian (and Cocteaue sque) make⟳ feasible the following comparison between Genet's sexasyllabic lines and a quatrain from Valéry's A l'aurore[…]”

“That he was also experimental-minded is suggested by the fact that he made rather extensive use⟳ of the sexasyllabic quatrain form⟳, something which few poets before him seem to have⟳ done.”

“This innovative approach⟳ is evident in his experiments in the seldom-used sexasyllabic quatrain.”

“(Remarks on sexametric quatrains—with comments on the origin, flourishing, and withering of the sexasyllabic line).”

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