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What is a Dactylic Pentameter?

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What is a Dactylic Pentameter?

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What is a Dactylic Pentameter?Answer: Dactylic pentameter is the second line of an elegiac couplet. Dactylic Pentameter means 5 (penta-) feet, each made up, loosely, of dactyls. The third foot of the pentameter line is split. The preceding line has 6 feet, since it is dactylic hexameter. Greek and Latin Poetry Meter FAQ Index: • What Is an Anceps? • What’s the Difference Between Caesura and Diaeresis? • What’s an Example of a Caesura? • What Is a Dactylic Hexameter? • What Is Dactylic Pentameter?