tetrameter

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A line in a poem having four metrical feet
A poetic metre in which each line has four feet
{a} consisting of four measures
A line poetry consisting of four metrical feet
{i} line which has four measures, line which has four feet (Poetry)
A line of poetry that has four metrical feet
- a four foot line
A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet
A line of verse consisting of four metrical feet, as in William Blake's "Tyger! Tyger!" or Byron's "The Bride of Abydos " (See Meter)
four feet, a measure made up of four feet Shakespeare's "Fear no more the heat of the sun" is an example
a verse line having four metrical feet
A line consisting of four metrical feet See discussion under meter
tetrameter

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    te·tram·e·ter

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    Etymology

    [ te-'tra-m&-t&r ] (noun.) 1612. Greek tetrametron, from neuter of tetrametros having four measures, from tetra- + metron measure; more at MEASURE.
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