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  1. dactylic pentameter: Merriam-Webster
  2. Dactylic pentameter, Dactylic pentameter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wikipedia (Dactylic pentameter)

noun:  The dactylic pentameter is a verse-form which, in classical Greek and Latin poetry, follows a dactylic hexameter to make up an elegiac couplet.


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