tetrameter

noun — 2 senses

tetrameter

noun

Etymology From tetra- + meter.

1

Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing A line in a poem having four metrical feet.

2

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.

Derived terms
iambic tetrameter

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