Look up: trimeter

1. Trimeter
   A line of poetry consisting of three metrical 'feet'. An example of an iambic trimeter is The only news I know by Emily Dickinson.
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2. trimeter
   Consisting of three poetical measures. ... A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures. ... Origin: L. Trimetrus, Gr.; (see Tri-) + measure. See Meter measure. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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3. Trimeter
   • (n.) A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures. • (a.) Consisting of three poetical measures.
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4. trimeter
   (from the article `prosody`) It has been noted that four feet make up a line of tetrameter verse; a line consisting of one foot is called monometer, of two dimeter, of three ...
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5. trimeter
   trimeter A line of poetic verse consisting of three metrical feet.
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6. trimeter
   three feet; sometimes termed tripody, a triple foot, one measure made up of three feet. An example is Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'To a Skylark,' which uses trochaic trimeters for the first two lines of each stanza.
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7. Trimeter
   In poetry, a `trimeter` is a metre of three metrical feet per line—example: : When here // the spring // we see, : Fresh green // upon // the tree. (Greek "three measure"): a line with four stresses. Coleridge, Christabel, line 31: "She stole along, she nothing spoke." --> References :
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