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Definition of Decasyllables
1. decasyllable [n] - See also: decasyllable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decasyllables
Literary usage of Decasyllables
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)
"It might, no doubt, be possible to find scattered decasyllables in other early
prose, for the iambic is a natural, if not the natural rhythm of modern ..."
2. An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification by Frank M. Chambers (1985)
"Marcabru did employ decasyllables, as we have seen, but combined with lines of
four and six syllables—or with internal rimes, which amounts to the same ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"It might, no doubt, be possible to find scattered decasyllables in other early
prose, for the iambic is a natural, if not the natural rhythm of modern ..."
4. An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification by Frank M. Chambers (1985)
"Marcabru did employ decasyllables, as we have seen, but combined with lines of
four and six syllables—or with internal rimes, which amounts to the same ..."
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