tetrameter
IPA: tɛtrʌmˈitɝ
noun
- (poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
- (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.
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Examples of "tetrameter" in Sentences
- It is written in iambic tetrameter.
- Iambic tetrameter is a meter in poetry.
- Dactylic tetrameter is a metre in poetry.
- Trochaic tetrameter is a meter in poetry.
- I would call this a trochaic tetrameter catalectic.
- Tetrameter describes verse with four feet per line.
- In poetry, a tetrameter is a line of four metrical feet.
- It is declaimed in long lines of 'anapestic tetrameters'.
- The poem is not in pure dactylic tetrameter, but catalectic.
- Instead of pentameter, the lines were written in iambic tetrameter.
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