1. a line of verse containing ten syllables
Usage: poetry

Examples

• Shakespeare’s sonnets are written in decasyllables.
• The poet chose to write in decasyllables for a more formal rhythm.
• Each decasyllable in the poem follows iambic pentameter.
• The decasyllable is a common meter in English poetry.
• Students analyzed the structure of each decasyllable in the verse.
• The sonnet’s fourteen decasyllables create a musical quality.