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dimeter

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dim·e·ter  (dm-tr)
n.
1. A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet.
2. A line of verse consisting of two measures of two feet each, especially one in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter in classical prosody.
[Late Latin dimeter, dimetrus, having two verses, from Greek dimetros : di-, two; see di-1 + metron, meter; see meter1.]
dimeter [ˈdɪmɪtə]
n
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet or a verse written in this metre


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The long lines of Song of Myself, for example, are rewritten as a "Song for Myself" (Tolson's title) in an iambic dimeter that Dove accurately describes as "constrictive.
"Harlem Gallery" and Other Poems by Brunner, Edward / African American Review
The final three quatrains, tetrameter lines rhyming AABB, depart from the previous five quatrains in dimeters and tetrameters.
The Temple: A Diplomatic Edition of the Bodleian Manuscript by Voss, Paul J. / Renaissance Quarterly
The verse forms are admirably subtle, and are well identified in this edition as anapestic dimeters, Sapphic hendecasyllables, Adonics, iambic tetrameters, and the like.
William Gager: The Complete Works by Bevington, David / Renaissance Quarterly
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