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Tetrameter

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Noun

1. tetrameter

a verse line having four metrical feet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tetrameter

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noun prosody
1. 
a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet
2. 
a verse composed of such lines
3. 
(in classical prosody) a line of verse composed of four dipodies

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Tetrameter

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noun
1. 
a line of verse containing four metrical feet or measures
2. 
verse consisting of tetrameters
adjective
3. 
having four metrical feet or measures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tetrameter

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n.
1.
a. Verse written in lines of four metrical feet.
b. A single line of such verse.
2.
a. Classical quantitative verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.
b. A single line of such verse.

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