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• Iambic tetrameter — is a meter in poetry. It refers to a line consisting of four iambic feet. The word tetrameter simply means that there are four feet in the line; iambic tetrameter is a line comprising four iambs. The Green Lantern oath (as well as the oaths for… …   Wikipedia

• Iambic trimeter — is a meter consisting of three iambic units per line.In Ancient Greek, iambic trimeter was a quantitative meter in which a line consisted of three iambic metra; and each metron consisted of two iambi. It was found in the spoken verses of tragedy… …   Wikipedia

• tetrameter — /te tram i teuhr/, n. 1. Pros. a verse of four feet. 2. Class Pros. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. adj. 3. Pros. consisting of four metrical feet. [1605 15; < L tetrametrus < Gk tetrámetros having four …   Universalium

• Tetrameter — In poetry, a tetrameter is a line of four metrical feet. The particular foot, of course, can vary, as follows: * Anapestic tetrameter: ** And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea (Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib ) * Iambic… …   Wikipedia

• Tetrameter — Te*tram e*ter, n. [L. tetrametrus, Gr. ?; te tra (see {Tetra }) + ? a measure: cf. F. t[ e]tram[ e]tre.] (GR. & Latin Pros.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tetrameter — /tɛˈtræmətə/ (say te tramuhtuh) Prosody –adjective 1. having four measures. –noun 2. a tetrameter line. In ancient poetry, it consisted of four dipodies (eight feet) in trochaic, iambic, or anapaestic metre. {Latin tetrametrus, from Greek… …  

• iambic — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• tetrameter — noun Etymology: Greek tetrametron, from neuter of tetrametros having four measures, from tetra + metron measure more at measure Date: 1612 a line of verse consisting either of four dipodies (as in classical iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse)… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tetrameter — te•tram•e•ter [[t]tɛˈtræm ɪ tər[/t]] n. 1) pro a verse of four feet 2) pro a line of classical verse consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter 3) pro consisting of four metrical feet • Etymology: 1605–15; < L… …   From formal English to slang

• Trochaic tetrameter — is a meter in poetry. It refers to a line of four trochaic feet. The word tetrameter simply means that the poem has four trochees. A trochee is a long syllable, or stressed syllable, followed by a short, or unstressed, one. Example Literary… …   Wikipedia

• Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …   Wikipedia