Tetrameter
noun
1.
Prosody. a verse of four feet.
2.
Classical Prosody. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter.
adjective
3.
Prosody. consisting of four metrical feet.
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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