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Line consisting of four iambic feet
and Latin, a line of iambic tetrameter consists of four metra two feet in length, consisting of a spondee and an iamb, or two iambs: | x – u – |. There
Iambic_tetrameter
Metrical foot
common iambic measures include iambic tetrameter (four iambs per line) and iambic heptameter, sometimes called the "fourteener" (seven iambs per line)
Iamb_(poetry)
Poetic meter of four metrical feet
(Eminem, "The Way I Am") Iambic tetrameter: "Because I could not stop for Death" (Emily Dickinson, eponymous lyric) Trochaic tetrameter: "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater"
Tetrameter
Metric line consisting of five iambic feet
used iambic pentameter in his plays and sonnets, as did John Milton in his Paradise Lost and William Wordsworth in The Prelude. As lines in iambic pentameter
Iambic_pentameter
Meter of poetry
The Iambic trimeter, in classical Greek and Latin poetry, is a meter of poetry consisting of three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English
Iambic_trimeter
Theory and practice of versification
especially when there is a change of pace or mood. One such meter is the iambic tetrameter. This metre is generally catalectic, that is, the last syllable is
Greek_prosody
Ode by Thomas Gray
rhyme sceme, with the B lines and final D line in iambic trimeter and the others in iambic tetrameter. In this poem, Gray coined the phrase "Ignorance
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College
1920 poem written by Robert Frost
narrows in the last 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
Fire_and_Ice_(poem)
Study of Latin poetic laws of metre
Sapphic stanza and Greater Asclepiad, as well as iambic verses such as the choliamb and the iambic tetrameter catalectic (a dialogue meter borrowed from Old
Latin_prosody
Body of literary work by Roman poet Catullus from 62 to 54 BC
trucemve, impotentiā freta etc. One poem uses iambic tetrameter catalectic (25), which consists of two iambic dimeters, the second one catalectic (i.e. shortened
Poetry_of_Catullus
Metrical line of verses consisting of six feet
in English, where the standard metre is iambic pentameter, English poems have frequently been written in iambic hexameter. There are numerous examples
Hexameter
Poetic meter of four anapestic feet per line
Anapestic tetrameter (British spelling: anapaestic) is a poetic meter that has four anapestic metrical feet per line. Each foot has two unstressed syllables
Anapestic_tetrameter
Maranao epic poem from Mindanao, Philippines
Philippines. It consists of 17 cycles with 72,000 lines in iambic tetrameter or catalectic trochaic tetrameter. Each cycle pertains to a different self-contained
Darangen
Poetic line of four trochaic feet
In English poetry, trochaic tetrameter is a meter featuring lines composed of four trochaic feet. The etymology of trochaic derives from the Greek trokhaios
Trochaic_tetrameter
Four-line poem or stanza
hymnal stanza consists of alternating rhymes with the iambic trimeter and the iambic tetrameter, with a rhyme scheme of A B C B {\displaystyle \mathrm
Quatrain
Verse form by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin
in verse Eugene Onegin. The work was mostly written in verses of iambic tetrameter with the rhyme scheme a B a B c c D D e F F e G G {\displaystyle \mathrm
Onegin_stanza
described by Andrei Bely in his paper "Description of the Russian iambic tetrameter" ("Опыт характеристики русского четырехстопного ямба") published in
Notes_on_Prosody
Topics referred to by the same term
trimeter Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter, or the alexandrine Iambic heptameter, or the fourteener Iamb (band) Iambic key/keyer Iambic Productions
Iamb
1915 poem by Robert Frost
'The meter is iambic tetrameter, with each line having four two-syllable feet, though in almost every line, in different positions, an iamb is replaced
The_Road_Not_Taken
Type of poetic metre
consisting of four lines that alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line), with
Common_metre
1794 poem by William Blake
poem is largely trochaic tetrameter. A number of lines, such as line four in the first stanza, fall into iambic tetrameter. The poem is structured around
The_Tyger
Poetic line consisting of 14 syllables
of 14 syllables, which are usually made of seven iambic feet, for which the style is also called iambic heptameter. It is most commonly found in English
Fourteener_(poetry)
Comedy by Aristophanes
a line of dialogue in iambic trimeter (1415) – adapted from Euripides' Alcestis – is inserted into a speech in iambic tetrameter, a transition that seems
The_Clouds
1923 poem by Robert Lee Frost
to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep." The poem is written in iambic tetrameter in the Rubaiyat stanza created by Edward FitzGerald, who adopted the
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping_by_Woods_on_a_Snowy_Evening
Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934)
follows for the large part Bely's essay "Description of the Russian Iambic Tetrameter" (published in the collection of essays Symbolism). The Silver Dove
Andrei_Bely
Basic repeating rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
number of feet they contain, using the terms monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, and octameter, although seven or more
Metrical_foot
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
Latin and Greek poetry). Iambic pentameter, a common metre in English poetry, is based on a sequence of five iambic feet or iambs, each consisting of a relatively
Metre_(poetry)
Metrical foot
like much old Finnish poetry, is written in a variation of trochaic tetrameter. Trochaic metre is popular in Polish and Czech literatures. Vitězslav
Trochee
Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
fragmentary poems Coleridge wrote. The first lines of the poem follow iambic tetrameter with the initial stanza relying on heavy stresses. The lines of the
Kubla_Khan
Pattern of syllables in the stanzas of hymns
8.6; a quatrain (four-line stanza) with alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, which rhymes in the second and fourth lines and sometimes
Metre_(hymn)
1934 poem by Clare Harner
the poem is twelve lines long, rhyming in couplets. Each line is in iambic tetrameter, except for lines five and seven, the fifth having an extra syllable
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
Do_Not_Stand_at_My_Grave_and_Weep
Poem by Christopher Marlowe
the English Renaissance (1485–1603). Marlowe composed the poem in iambic tetrameter (four feet of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable)
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
The_Passionate_Shepherd_to_His_Love
Lyric poem by Emily Dickinson
broken into three stanzas, each containing alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, totaling 12 lines. In Victoria N. Morgan's Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
"Hope"_is_the_thing_with_feathers
Aria from W. A. Mozart's opera The Magic Flute
of a quatrain in iambic pentameter (unusual for this opera which is mostly in iambic tetrameter), followed by a quatrain in iambic trimeter, then a final
Queen_of_the_Night_aria
1850 poem by Tennyson
Memoriam A.H.H. (1850) is an elegiac, narrative poem in 2,916 lines of iambic tetrameter, composed in 133 cantos, each canto headed with a Roman numeral, and
In_Memoriam_A.H.H.
1990 single by Billy Joel
ballad "Barbara Allen", and is unique for Joel as it is written in iambic tetrameter. In the original demo version of "And So It Goes", Joel sings the
And_So_It_Goes
1814 poem written by Lord Byron
love is innocent! "She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1814 by Lord Byron. It is one of Byron's most famous and
She_Walks_in_Beauty
Poetry collection by Shel Silverstein
a simple rhythm, utilizing predominantly iambic tetrameter. This metrical structure consists of four iambs, each holding an unstressed syllable followed
Where_the_Sidewalk_Ends
1785 Scots-language poem by Robert Burns
{\displaystyle \mathrm {AAABAB} } , with iambic tetrameter A {\displaystyle \mathrm {A} } lines and iambic dimeter B {\displaystyle \mathrm {B} } lines
To_a_Mouse
Pause or break in poetry or music
the hymnodists (see also hymn), is usually thought of as a line of iambic tetrameter followed by a line of trimeter, but it can also be considered a line
Caesura
1798 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Subject(s) fate, doom, seafaring, superstition Form Ballad Meter iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter Rhyme scheme abcb Publisher J. & A. Arch Publication
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner
Form of literature
include: Iambic pentameter (John Milton, Paradise Lost; William Shakespeare, Sonnets) Dactylic hexameter (Homer, Iliad; Virgil, Aeneid) Iambic tetrameter (Andrew
Poetry
Novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin
work is made up of 389 fourteen-line stanzas (5,446 lines in all) of iambic tetrameter with the unusual rhyme scheme AbAbCCddEffEgg, where the uppercase
Eugene_Onegin
Poetic play by George MacDonald
mostly in unrhymed iambic pentameter, although portions are written in rhymed iambic pentameter, mixed iambic and anapestic tetrameter, and other forms
Within_and_Without
Historical quatrain
correspond roughly to a monosyllabic tetrameter, a dactylic tetrameter, a trochaic tetrameter, and an iambic tetrameter respectively. The poem has historically
Fee-fi-fo-fum
1986 novel by Vikram Seth
in verse composed of 590 fourteen-line Onegin stanzas written in iambic tetrameter, with the rhyme scheme following the aBaBccDDeFFeGG pattern of Eugene
The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)
1919 poem by William Butler Yeats
Augusta, Lady Gregory. The poem contains 16 lines of text arranged in iambic tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is arranged in four quatrains of ABAB. The title
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
An_Irish_Airman_Foresees_His_Death
Four-line poetic verse, known as a quatrain
the first and third lines written in the iambic tetrameter and the second and fourth lines written in the iambic trimeter with a rhyme scheme of ABCB. Assonance
Ballad_stanza
Classical Arabic Poetic Metre
10th-century poet al-Mutanabbi. The tetrameter version is rarely found in practice except in prosodists' examples. The longer tetrameter version of this metre is
Madīd_(metre)
Term in the study of poetic metre
almost all are in iambic trimeters. He changed the meter in one long scene in Misanthrope to a 15-syllable catalectic iambic tetrameter recited to an aulos
Catalexis
Whig Party's Log Cabin Campaign song
exhibits a triple alliteration, an internal rhyme, and nearly forms an iambic tetrameter. Abbreviated version First verse and chorus. Problems playing this
Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too
Metrical foot
substitutions in iambic verse. In strict iambic pentameter, anapaests are rare, but they are found with some frequency in freer versions of the iambic line, such
Anapaest
Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)
of its own. It stemmed from his observation that while Pushkin's iambic tetrameters had been a part of Russian literature for a fairly short two centuries
Vladimir_Nabokov
Poetic verse form
Dactylic tetrameter is a metre in poetry. It refers to a line consisting of four dactylic feet. "Tetrameter" simply means four poetic feet. Each foot has
Dactylic_tetrameter
Poetic metre used in Greek and Latin, especially in Roman comedy
trochaic tetrameter catalectic metre. But the word quadratus ("square") was also used for tetrameters in other metres, for example the iambic septenarius
Trochaic_septenarius
Form of literary device
poem written in a series of quatrains in which lines of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter. It typically adopts a xaxa, xbxb rhyme scheme
Poetic_device
Type of meter (poetry)
Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl
Trimeter
1876 epic poem by Herman Melville
perhaps the longest poem in American literature, spanning 18,273 iambic tetrameter lines (longer even than European classics such as the Iliad, Aeneid
Clarel
Poem in the Elvish language Sindarin
recorded four different renditions. There are three versions of this iambic tetrameter hymn, the first of which is the largest portion of Sindarin in The
A_Elbereth_Gilthoniel
American poet (1830–1886)
that also use the common meter, employing alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. Dickinson scholar and poet Anthony Hecht finds resonances
Emily_Dickinson
rhythmic unit. Dactylic tetrameter Dactylic pentameter Dactylic hexameter Golden line Iambic meter: any meter based on the iamb as its primary rhythmic
Glossary_of_poetry_terms
Poetry meters
septenarius) Iambic tetrameter catalectic (in Latin also known as Iambic septenarius) Choliambic (also known as Scazon), a variation on the Iambic trimeter
Greek_and_Latin_metre
Pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song
rhymes and the uppercase representing masculine rhymes, written in iambic tetrameter Ottava rima: ABABABCC A quatrain is any four-line stanza or poem.
Rhyme_scheme
Ukrainian writer (1769–1838)
less suitable for the randomly stressed Ukrainian language. He used iambic tetrameter in ten-line strophes with regular rhymes. Kotliarevsky's two plays
Ivan_Kotliarevsky
1883 narrative poem by Mihai Eminescu
at 392 lines in its unabridged version, the work alternates iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. This is an old pattern in Romanian poetry, previously
Luceafărul_(poem)
Repeating 3 to 6-syllable section of a poetic metre
the end). For example, the iambic tetrameter catalectic is as follows: x – ᴗ – | x – ᴗ – | x – ᴗ – | ᴗ – x Although the iambic trimeter has six feet, the
Metron_(poetry)
Scottish novelist (1771–1832)
striking than that of The Lay, with the epistles in iambic tetrameters and the narrative in tetrameters with frequent trimeters. The reception by the reviewers
Walter_Scott
similarly the 2nd and 4th metra are alternately trochaic (ᴗ – – x) and iambic (ᴗ – ᴗ –): | x x x x | ᴗ – – x || x x x x | ᴗ – ᴗ – | * | x x x x | ᴗ –
Tawil
Narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott
Westall's design Written 1809–1810 Country Scotland Form Narrative Meter Iambic tetrameter Publisher John Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh Longman, Hurst, Rees
The_Lady_of_the_Lake_(poem)
Poem by Walter Raleigh
unstressed and stressed pattern of iambic tetrameter, using two couplets per stanza, with each line containing four iambs. The poem contains a number of rhetorical
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
The_Nymph's_Reply_to_the_Shepherd
1886 poem by A. E. Housman
poem is written in a traditional ballad meter of alternating iambic tetrameters and iambic trimeters. The second and fourth lines of each verse rhyme,
Into my heart an air that kills
Into_my_heart_an_air_that_kills
Poetic meter with eight trochaic metrical feet per line
Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl
Trochaic_octameter
Poem by William Shakespeare
is unique in the collection because, instead of iambic pentameter, it is written in iambic tetrameter, a poetic metre based on four (rather than five)
Sonnet_145
Line of verse with just one metrical foot or dipody
Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl
Monometer
Poem by Joyce Kilmer
and Other Poems. The poem, in twelve lines of rhyming couplets of iambic tetrameter verse, describes what Kilmer perceives as the inability of art created
Trees_(poem)
Line of poetic meter comprising 12 syllables
very different rhythms of iambic hexameter and dactylic tetrameter to emerge by preserving the constants of both measures: iambic hexameter: s S s S s S
Alexandrine
English writer and poet (c.1330–1408)
lines in The House of Fame but eschewed iambic rhythm. He "left it to Gower to invent the iambic tetrameter, and to later centuries of poets to solve
John_Gower
Christmas hymn by Ambrose of Milan
nations) is a Latin Advent or Christmas hymn by Ambrose of Milan in iambic tetrameter. The hymn is assigned to the Office of Readings for Advent, from 17
Veni_redemptor_gentium
Epic poem by William Morris
different forms. William Morris used rhyme royal, heroic couplet or iambic tetrameter. This is an example of seven-line rhyme royal (with rhyme scheme ABABBCC)
The_Earthly_Paradise
1791 operatic aria by W. A. Mozart
Fricsay Problems playing this file? See media help. The metre is iambic tetrameter, which is the metre Schikaneder used throughout most of The Magic
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Dies_Bildnis_ist_bezaubernd_schön
Poetic units of verse
lines are in iambic pentameter, they are referred to as heroic verse. However, Samuel Butler also used closed couplets in his iambic tetrameter Hudibrastic
Closed_couplet
Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
typically in anapestic tetrameter, though iambs are sometimes used to delineate inferior arguments; episodes sections of dialogue in iambic trimeter, often in
Aristophanes
Poem by Emily Dickinson
an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire
I'm_Nobody!_Who_are_you?
Lines 15-16 refer to the denial of Peter. The poem is written in the iambic tetrameter metre. The lines form couplets, each couplet having the rhythm | u
Aeterne_rerum_conditor
Comedy by Aristophanes
other lines in iambs and dochmiacs [o--.-] or [o..-.-] line 725 Episode 760–862 iambic trimeter Setting up a court at home. dialogue in iambic trimeter [o-
The_Wasps
English poet and diplomat (1503–1542)
12-syllable iambic line (Alexandrine) followed by a 14-syllable iambic line (fourteener), and he is considered a master of the iambic tetrameter. Wyatt's
Thomas_Wyatt_(poet)
1832 ballad by Alfred Tennyson
English Genre Arthurian literature Form Ballad Meter Iambic tetrameter with isolated lines in iambic trimeter Rhyme scheme Aaaabcccb Publication date 1832
The_Lady_of_Shalott
Poem written by Winifred M. Letts
in several anthologies of First World War poems. It is written in iambic tetrameter. Deserter, The. "The Deserter by Winifred Mary Letts". allpoetry.com
The_Deserter_(poem)
Comedy by Aristophanes
(303–21 and 382–96) features trochaic tetrameter and the other (322–381 and 398–456) features iambic tetrameter. Parabasis: It is conventional for the
The_Knights
Poem written in french by John Gower
innovation in poetic form. Chaucer "left it to Gower to invent the iambic tetrameter, and to later centuries of poets to solve the problems of its potential
Mirour_de_l'Omme
Poem by Sir Walter Scott
1809 edition Written 1806–1808 Country Scotland Form Narrative Meter Iambic tetrameter Publisher Archibald Constable, Edinburgh William Miller, and John
Marmion_(poem)
2009 fantasy novel by Rick Riordan
that will either save or destroy Olympus. The prophecy itself is in iambic tetrameter. "A half-blood of the eldest gods Shall reach sixteen against all
The_Last_Olympian
Lengthy poem dealing with supernatural forces
alexandrines (syllabic lines of 7+6 syllables) prevail. In Russian, iambic tetrameter verse is the most popular. In Serbian poetry, the decasyllable is
Epic_poetry
American writer (c. 1753–1784)
arranged into three stanzas of four lines in iambic tetrameter, followed by a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is ABABCC. Shields
Phillis_Wheatley
1855 Melville, Herman Clarel 1876 18,000 lines irregularly rhymed iambic tetrameter Merrill, James The Changing Light at Sandover 1976–82 17,000 lines
List_of_long_poems_in_English
First English translation of "Le Roman de la rose" By Geoffrey Chaucer
Roman de la Rose circa 1230. Written in Old French, in octosyllabic, iambic tetrameter couplets, the poem was an allegory of what D. S. Brewer called fine
The_Romaunt_of_the_Rose
Poem by Alfred Tennyson
The Lady Clare by J. W. Waterhouse (1900) Genre Romanticism Meter Iambic tetrameter Rhyme scheme ABAB Publication date 1842 1851 Lines 88 Full text Lady
Lady_Clare
1910 poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson
The poem (written in quatrains of iambic tetrameter for three lines, followed by a catalectic line of only three iambs), relates the story of a hopeless
Miniver_Cheevy
African-American gospel hymn
four are standard throughout, the creation of one suitable line in iambic tetrameter generates an entire verse. It is extremely difficult to list every
When the Saints Go Marching In
When_the_Saints_Go_Marching_In
British poet (1763–1855)
(1810), and by Jacqueline (1814), a narrative poem, written in the iambic tetrameter of the newer writers, and published in the same volume with Byron's
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