Associations to the word «Hexameter»

Wiktionary

HEXAMETER, noun. (countable) a line in a poem having six metrical feet
HEXAMETER, noun. (uncountable) a poetic metre in which each line has six feet

Dictionary definition

HEXAMETER, noun. A verse line having six metrical feet.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats