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<p><b>Octameter</b> in <a href="page.php?w=poetry">poetry</a> is a line of eight <a href="page.php?w=meter_%28poetry%29">metrical</a> <a href="page.php?w=foot_%28poetry%29">feet</a>. It is not very common in English verse. E.g.:  -</p>

<p>Trochaic</p>

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:Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary<br/>
:Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-<br/>
:While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping<br/>
:As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door<br/>
:(<a href="page.php?w=Edgar_Allan_Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>,</p><p>
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