isosyllabism 1

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(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.

  • 1.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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