- In poetry, a
tetrameter is a line of four
metrical feet. However, the
particular foot can vary, as follows:
Anapestic tetrameter: "And the
sheen of their...
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Iambic tetrameter is a
poetic meter in
ancient Gr**** and
Latin poetry; as the name of a rhythm,
iambic tetrameter consists of four metra, each
metron being...
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English poetry,
trochaic tetrameter is a
meter featuring lines composed of four
trochaic feet. The
etymology of
trochaic derives from the Gr**** trokhaios...
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Dactylic tetrameter is a
metre in poetry. It
refers to a line
consisting of four
dactylic feet. "
Tetrameter"
simply means four
poetic feet. Each foot has...
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Anapestic tetrameter (British spelling: anapaestic) is a
poetic meter that has four
anapestic metrical feet per line. Each foot has two
unstressed syllables...
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correspond roughly to a
monosyllabic tetrameter, a
dactylic tetrameter, a
trochaic tetrameter, and an
iambic tetrameter respectively. The poem has historically...
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Trochaic tetrameter (Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha; the
Finnish national epic, The Kalevala, is also in
trochaic tetrameter, the natural...
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anapaestic trimeter: I must
finish my
journey alone An
example of
anapaestic tetrameter is the "A
Visit from St. Nicholas" by
Clement Clarke Moore (1823): Twas...
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Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by
metrical feet Iamb
Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic...
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English poetry by
contrasting it with the one
other important meter (
tetrameter),
variously called "four-beat," "strong-stress," "native meter," or "four-by-four...
