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isosyllabism
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(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.
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noun
(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.
“But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth century — anapestic meter seemed somewhat flippant and irreverent in comparison with the staid isosyllabism of iambic pentameter.”
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But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth century — anapestic meter seemed somewhat flippant and irreverent in comparison with the staid isosyllabism of iambic pentameter.
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