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octameter

How many syllables in octameter?

  4 syllables

Divide octameter into syllables:   oc-tam-e-ter
Stressed syllable in octameter:   oc-tam-e-ter
How to pronounce octameter:   ok-tam-i-ter
How to say octameter:

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