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Definition of Dimeters

Dimeter
Dimeter Dim"e*ter, a. [L. dimeter, Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? measure.] Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n. A verse of two meters.

Meaning of Dimeters from wikipedia

- In poetry, a dimeter /ˈdɪmɪtər/ is a metrical line of verse with two feet. The particular foot can vary. Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs," in...
- trochee. Key: Non-bold = unstressed syllable Bold = stressed syllable Iambic dimeter is a meter referring to a line consisting of two iambic feet. The way a...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Hexameter Octameter Iambic heptameter Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Dactyl Dactylic...
- of Art Ancient Gr**** gilded bowl; 2nd–1st century BC; height: 7.6 cm, dimeter: 14.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Roman plate; 1st–2nd century AD; height:...
- two lines. The poem's meter is an irregular mix of iambic tetrameter and dimeter, and the rhyme scheme (which is ABA ABC BCB) suggests but departs from...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Hexameter Octameter Iambic heptameter Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Dactyl Dactylic...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Hexameter Octameter Iambic heptameter Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Dactyl Dactylic...
- feminine singular, describing the soul. Each line is underlyingly an iambic dimeter (u – u – | u – u –), but in lines 1 and 4 the first two long elements have...
- syllable If the line has only one foot, it is called a monometer; two feet, dimeter; three is trimeter; four is tetrameter; five is pentameter; six is hexameter...
- v t e Poetic meters Meter Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Hexameter Octameter Iambic heptameter Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Dactyl Dactylic...