Definition of octosyllabic in English:
octosyllabic
adjective ˌɒktə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪkˌɑktoʊsəˈlæbɪk
Having or written in lines that have eight syllables.
Example sentencesExamples
- The middle of the poem tells the story of the cat's life in seven lines that condense narrative into the shortest of phrases and the most event-filled octosyllabic lines.
- His most powerful satirical weapon is his style, the deliberately cumbersome octosyllabic metre and comic rhymes.
- By definition, it is a poem with an unlimited number of octosyllabic verses and assonant rhyme in even-numbered verses.
- He spoke in the octosyllabic verse of the Confessio.
Definition of octosyllabic in US English:
octosyllabic
adjectiveˌäktōsəˈlabikˌɑktoʊsəˈlæbɪk
Having or written in lines that have eight syllables.
Example sentencesExamples
- By definition, it is a poem with an unlimited number of octosyllabic verses and assonant rhyme in even-numbered verses.
- He spoke in the octosyllabic verse of the Confessio.
- His most powerful satirical weapon is his style, the deliberately cumbersome octosyllabic metre and comic rhymes.
- The middle of the poem tells the story of the cat's life in seven lines that condense narrative into the shortest of phrases and the most event-filled octosyllabic lines.