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    LINE OF VERSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A single line of words in a poemplay

    Synonyms:

    line of poetry; line of verse

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("line of verse" is a kind of...):

    line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "line of verse"):

    acatalectic ((prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables)

    Alexandrine ((prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet)

    catalectic ((prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot)

    hypercatalectic ((prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot)

    Holonyms ("line of verse" is a part of...):

    poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)

    couplet (a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed)

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