Definition of Octosyllables

1. Noun. (plural of octosyllable) ¹

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Definition of Octosyllables

1. octosyllable [n] - See also: octosyllable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Octosyllables

octopyranose
octopyranoses
octoradiated
octoroon
octoroons
octose
octoses
octostichous
octostyle
octosyllabic
octosyllabical
octosyllabics
octosyllable
octosyllables (current term)
octothorn
octothorns
octothorp
octothorpe
octothorpes
octothorps
octoword
octoxide
octoxides
octoyl
octree
octrees
octreotide

Literary usage of Octosyllables

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... congeniality—The rhymes— Improper use of the name—-Practice of the metre before and after 1700—Swift: his octosyllables—The anapaest—Retrospect of ..."

2. An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification by Frank M. Chambers (1985)
"Isometric compositions in octosyllables with masculine rimes. ... while in two the octosyllables are combined with lines of four syllables, ..."

3. The Earlier Renaissance by George Saintsbury (1901)
"His rhyme-royal of octosyllables is by no means unpromising—it is odd that it has not had more followers ; and the quintet aabab, ..."

4. The Fourteenth Century by Frederick John Snell (1899)
"The Seven Sages (to seek no further) is, though much earlier, in octosyllables. In the House of Fame Chaucer had reverted to the short couplet as more ..."

5. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1901)
"This witty and whimsical satire on the Puritans is written in rhymed octosyllables that hurry the reader along willy-nilly. Butler's ingenuity in rhyming ..."

6. The Complete Works of John Gower by John Gower (1899)
"Moreover, the- English metres which they resemble are those of the North rather than of the South. If we compare the octosyllables of the Manuel des ..."

7. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Augustin Beers (1916)
"229, " Solitude, an Ode," by Dr. Grainger: octosyllables. V. 283, "Prologue to Comus," performed at Bath, 1756. VI. 148, " Vacation," by , Esq.: " L'Allegro ..."

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