Definition of hendecasyllable in English:

hendecasyllable

noun ˌhɛndɛkəˈsɪləb(ə)l

Prosody

A line of verse containing eleven syllables.
Example sentencesExamples
- If I had tried to keep up the hendecasyllable meter I probably would have gone insane.
- His hendecasyllables are both a tribute to Catullus and an interpretation of one aspect of his poetry.
- Isosyllabism persists, however, in such primitive Aeolic meters as the Sapphic hendecasyllable.
- In developing English equivalences for his Italian texts, he turned hendecasyllables into iambic pentameters and septenarii into iambic trimeters.
- He accepted the dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse forms from the very beginning, and basically never abandoned them.

Derivatives

hendecasyllabic

adjective hɛnˌdɛkəsɪˈlabɪkhɛnˌdɛkəsəˈlæbɪk

Prosody

The most outstanding of the Catalan translators was Josep Maria de Sagarra, who, starting in the 1940s, translated 27 plays into Catalan hendecasyllabic lines.
Example sentencesExamples
- The classical hendecasyllabic meter chosen for this lyric melodiously prompts us to seek ancient mythic analogues.
- His sixty-four lines of rhyming hendecasyllabic couplets are juxtaposed with a considerably briefer fifty-three lines of English free verse.
- His famous formal innovation is likewise significant here, for his is one of the earliest and most influential examples of unrhymed hendecasyllabic verse.

Definition of hendecasyllable in US English:

hendecasyllable

noun

Prosody

A line of verse containing eleven syllables.
Example sentencesExamples
- He accepted the dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse forms from the very beginning, and basically never abandoned them.
- In developing English equivalences for his Italian texts, he turned hendecasyllables into iambic pentameters and septenarii into iambic trimeters.
- His hendecasyllables are both a tribute to Catullus and an interpretation of one aspect of his poetry.
- If I had tried to keep up the hendecasyllable meter I probably would have gone insane.
- Isosyllabism persists, however, in such primitive Aeolic meters as the Sapphic hendecasyllable.

单词	hendecasyllable
释义	Definition of hendecasyllable in English: hendecasyllable noun ˌhɛndɛkəˈsɪləb(ə)l Prosody A line of verse containing eleven syllables. Example sentencesExamples If I had tried to keep up the hendecasyllable meter I probably would have gone insane. His hendecasyllables are both a tribute to Catullus and an interpretation of one aspect of his poetry. Isosyllabism persists, however, in such primitive Aeolic meters as the Sapphic hendecasyllable. In developing English equivalences for his Italian texts, he turned hendecasyllables into iambic pentameters and septenarii into iambic trimeters. He accepted the dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse forms from the very beginning, and basically never abandoned them. Derivatives hendecasyllabic adjective hɛnˌdɛkəsɪˈlabɪkhɛnˌdɛkəsəˈlæbɪk Prosody The most outstanding of the Catalan translators was Josep Maria de Sagarra, who, starting in the 1940s, translated 27 plays into Catalan hendecasyllabic lines. Example sentencesExamples The classical hendecasyllabic meter chosen for this lyric melodiously prompts us to seek ancient mythic analogues. His sixty-four lines of rhyming hendecasyllabic couplets are juxtaposed with a considerably briefer fifty-three lines of English free verse. His famous formal innovation is likewise significant here, for his is one of the earliest and most influential examples of unrhymed hendecasyllabic verse. Definition of hendecasyllable in US English: hendecasyllable noun Prosody A line of verse containing eleven syllables. Example sentencesExamples He accepted the dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse forms from the very beginning, and basically never abandoned them. In developing English equivalences for his Italian texts, he turned hendecasyllables into iambic pentameters and septenarii into iambic trimeters. His hendecasyllables are both a tribute to Catullus and an interpretation of one aspect of his poetry. If I had tried to keep up the hendecasyllable meter I probably would have gone insane. Isosyllabism persists, however, in such primitive Aeolic meters as the Sapphic hendecasyllable.
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