Definition of Dimeters. Meaning of Dimeters. Synonyms of Dimeters

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Definition of Dimeters

Dimeter
Dimeter Dim"e*ter, a. [L. dimeter, Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? measure.] Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n. A verse of two meters.

Meaning of Dimeters from wikipedia

- In poetry, a dimeter /ˈdɪmɪtər/ is a metrical line of verse with two feet. The particular foot can vary. Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs," in...
- trochee. Key: Non-bold = unstressed syllable Bold = stressed syllable Iambic dimeter is a meter referring to a line consisting of two iambic feet. The way a...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter...
- pentameter, opting more generally for trimeter, tetrameter and, less often, dimeter. Sometimes her use of these meters is regular, but oftentimes it is irregular...
- two lines. The poem's meter is an irregular mix of iambic tetrameter and dimeter, and the rhyme scheme (which is ABA ABC BCB) suggests but departs from...
- in length and rhymes AAABAB, with iambic tetrameter A lines and iambic dimeter B lines, both with frequent hypercatalexis (an additional final unstressed...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter...
- characteristic was the use of lighter and graceful meters (anapaestic and iambic dimeters), which had hitherto found little favour." Since Cameron's article on the...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter...
- lines and fully cretic measures. English Renaissance songs emplo**** cretic dimeter fairly frequently (e.g. "Shall I die? Shall I fly?" attributed to William...