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hexameter

How many syllables in hexameter?

  4 syllables

Divide hexameter into syllables:   hex-am-e-ter
Stressed syllable in hexameter:   hex-am-e-ter
How to pronounce hexameter:   hek-sam-i-ter
How to say hexameter:

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