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Meanings of decasyllabic in английском

Decasyllabic.

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          Usage of decasyllabic in английском
          1
          This poem is written in decasyllabic assonanced verse, each stanza being terminated by a short line.
          The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
          2
          The decasyllabic couplet, so resonant in Dryden, so admirably turned and polished by Pope, was its favorite measure.
          A Study of Poetry
          3
          The usual forms of the couplet used continuously are the 4-stress or short couplet ("octosyllabic") and the 5-stress or heroic couplet ("decasyllabic").
          The Principles of English Versification
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          Decasyllabic through the time