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Noun: isosyllabism
  1. (linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.
    "But it is likewise true that—especially in the context of the eighteenth century—anapestic meter seemed somewhat flippant and irreverent in comparison with the staid isosyllabism of iambic pentameter."

Type of: versification

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