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poulter's measure
[ pohl-terz ]
noun
, Prosody.
- a metrical pattern using couplets having the first line in iambic hexameter, or 12 syllables, and the second in iambic heptameter, or 14 syllables.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poulter's measure1
1570–80; so called because poulters ( poulterer ) used to give extra eggs when counting by the dozen
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Example Sentences
Guest, on Poulter's Measure, 265; on significance of sounds, 136.
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Poulter's Measure, 255, 265 f.
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Poulter's Measure, an old-fashioned couplet, composed of an alexandrine and a septenary, a6a7, 88 f.
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