A hexameter is a type of poetic meter that is six lines long. It is usually used in poems that are about war or violence.
The hexameter recites the story of the war in a simple and straightforward way.
The hexameter is used to emphasize the brutality of the war.
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a verse line having six metrical feet
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It is found in the dactylic hexameter and the dactylic pentameter.
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His preference was for the hexameter form.
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It is written in Latin hexameter, in a strong style.
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An example of this form of poetry is the dactylic hexameter.
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He made this stylised hexameter for dramatic effect.
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It consisted of four idylls, totaling 2,997 hexameters.
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Hexameter describes verse with six feet per line.
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Dactylic hexameter is composed of six feet per line.
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Dactylic hexameter was used for many of Latin's greatest poems.
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Also, dactylic hexameter often has a bucolic dieraesis.