In classical prosody, a metrical line or verse composed of seven half-feet or seven-foot measures.
From Greek 'heptha-' (seven) + 'hemimeres' (half-measures). The term is used in analysis of ancient Greek and Latin poetry.
Ancient poets were like the programmers of language—they wrote in strict metrical patterns, and analyzing a hephthemimer was like counting the exact beats in a song to understand its rhythm and power.
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