ɪ noun
1.
Prosody. a verse of four feet.
2.
Classical Prosody. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter.
adjective
3.
Prosody. consisting of four metrical feet.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet |
| 2. | a verse composed of such lines |
| 3. | (in classical prosody) a line of verse composed of four dipodies |
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Word Origin & History
tetrameter
1612, from L. tetrametrus, from Gk. tetrametron "verse of four measures," originally neuter of tetrametros (adj.) "having four measures," from tetra- "four" + metron "measure" (see meter (2)).
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tetrameter
line of poetic verse that consists of four metrical feet. In English versification, the feet are usually iambs (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one, as in the word be|cause ), trochees (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, as in the word ti|ger), or a combination of the two. Iambic tetrameter is, next to iambic pentameter, the most common metre in English poetry; it is used in the English and Scottish traditional ballads, which are usually composed of four-line stanzas of alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter.
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