- The
Iambic trimeter, in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry, is a
meter of
poetry consisting of
three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English...
- Look up
trimeter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In poetry, a
trimeter (Gr**** for "three measure") is a
metre of
three metrical feet per line. Examples:...
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Supposed to be
Written by
Alexander Selkirk" (1782),
composed in
anapaestic trimeter: I must
finish my
journey alone An
example of
anapaestic tetrameter is...
- – | However, more
usually the
metre is
found in a
trimeter version. The full
version of the
trimeter is as follows: فَاعِلَاتُنْ فَاعِلُنْ فَاعِلَاتُنْ...
- to the
number of feet they contain,
using the
terms monometer, dimeter,
trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, and octameter, although...
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metrical law that
applies to
iambic trimeter, the main
spoken metre of Gr**** tragedy. It does not
apply to
iambic trimeter in Gr**** comedy. It was formulated...
-
commonly supposed". ****inson
avoids pentameter,
opting more
generally for
trimeter,
tetrameter and, less often, dimeter.
Sometimes her use of
these meters...
- has only one foot, it is
called a monometer; two feet, dimeter;
three is
trimeter; four is tetrameter; five is pentameter; six is hexameter,
seven is heptameter...
- "
trimeter", and "tetrameter" are used for
metres that
consist of one, two, three, or four
metra respectively. Thus an
ancient Gr****
iambic trimeter has...
- A line of
iambic pentameter comprises five
consecutive iambs.
Iambic trimeter is the
metre of the
spoken verses in Gr****
tragedy and comedy, comprising...
