- Look up
trimeter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In poetry, a
trimeter (Gr**** for "three measure") is a
metre of
three metrical feet per line. Examples:...
- The
Iambic trimeter, in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry, is a
meter of
poetry consisting of
three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English...
- A line of
iambic pentameter comprises five
consecutive iambs.
Iambic trimeter is the
metre of the
spoken verses in Gr****
tragedy and comedy, comprising...
- e.g. hendecasyllable. In some
kinds of metre, such as the Gr****
iambic trimeter, two feet are
combined into a
larger unit
called a
metron (pl. metra) or...
-
Supposed to be
Written by
Alexander Selkirk" (1782),
composed in
anapaestic trimeter: I must
finish my
journey alone An
example of
anapaestic tetrameter is...
- "
trimeter", and "tetrameter" are used for
metres that
consist of one, two, three, or four
metra respectively. Thus an
ancient Gr****
iambic trimeter has...
-
common meter,
which is used in the
dialogues of Gr**** plays, is the
iambic trimeter. The
basic scheme for this is as
follows (where "x"
represents an anceps...
-
metrical law that
applies to
iambic trimeter, the main
spoken metre of Gr**** tragedy. It does not
apply to
iambic trimeter in Gr**** comedy. It was formulated...
- and
third lines in tetrameter, the second, fourth, and
sixth lines in
trimeter, and the
fifth line in pentameter, so that the
pattern of
stressed syllables...
- Evening". The poem is
written in the form of a
lyric poem, with an
iambic trimeter meter and
AABBCCDD rhyme scheme.
Alfred R.
Ferguson wrote of the poem,...
