noun
- lines of verse containing exactly ten syllables
Usage: poetry; literary
Examples
- Shakespeare’s sonnets are written in decasyllables.
- The poet carefully crafted each line as perfect decasyllables.
- English iambic pentameter consists of decasyllables.
- The teacher asked students to write decasyllables for their poetry assignment.
- Many classical poems feature decasyllables as their basic meter.
- The rhythm of decasyllables creates a musical quality in verse.