LINE OF POETRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A single line of words in a poem

Synonyms:

line of poetry; line of verse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("line of poetry" 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 poetry"):

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 poetry" 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)