Meaning & use
Hendecasyllabic
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Consisting of eleven syllables, especially describing a line of verse used in classical and Italian poetry.
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The poet experimented with hendecasyllabic lines in the style of Catullus.
Dante's Divine Comedy is written largely in hendecasyllabic verse.
A note on using this word
From Greek 'hendeka' (eleven) and 'syllabe' (syllable); a hallmark meter of classical Latin and Italian poetry.
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