dodecasyllable
/doh-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, doh-dek-/US // doʊˌdɛk əˈsɪl ə bəl, ˌdoʊ dɛk- //UK // (ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl) //
十二音节,十二音阶,十二音符,十二个音节
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
Examples
This dodecasyllable has a short metrical pause after the sixth syllable, and a longer one after the twelfth.
Hitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.
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