ऑक्टोसिलेबल इसके अंग्रेजी अर्थ का उदाहरण

Le Jeu d'Adam (1150–1160) - written in octosyllabic rhymed couplets with Latin stage directions (implying that it was written by Latin-speaking clerics for a lay public).

Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas - Jean Bodel - written in octosyllabic rhymed couplets.

He retained instead the octosyllabic line that had previously been the standard form for English poetry, and wrote it in couplets, rather than in the stanzas he had employed in his previous works.

It is hard to find works that show signs of direct influence: the only clear example is Shakespeare's Pericles, where the influence is conscious borrowing: the use of Gower's characteristic octosyllabic line for the character of Gower himself.

A verse consists of three octosyllabic sections (pāda).

Comparison has been made with John Gower's Confessio Amantis: "The octosyllabic couplets of Handlyng Synne may lack Gower's smoothness, but several of the tales, if cruder, are more vigorous and vivid than most of Gower's".

(The medieval French romance (roman) was, however, most often written in 8 syllable (or octosyllable) verse.