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trimeter
[ trim-i-ter ]
noun
- a verse of three measures or feet.
adjective
- consisting of three measures or feet.
- Classical Prosody. composed of six feet or three dipodies.
trimeter
/ ˈtrɪmɪtə /
noun
- a verse line consisting of three metrical feet
adjective
- designating such a line
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A stanza made up of tetrameter alternating with trimeter is very common.
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The heptameter is usually divided into a tetrameter and a trimeter; the octameter, into two tetrameters.
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The metres employed by Epicharmus were iambic trimeter, and especially trochaic and anapaestic tetrameter.
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The common-meter stanza contains four iambic lines, the first and third being tetrameter, and the second and fourth trimeter.
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There are in both three series of iambuses—the dimeter, the cataleptic trimeter, and the acataleptic.
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