Associations to the word «Pentameter»

Wiktionary

PENTAMETER, noun. (poetry) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.
PENTAMETER, noun. (poetry) Poetic metre in which each line has five feet.

Dictionary definition

PENTAMETER, noun. A verse line having five 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