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trimeter

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trim·e·ter  (trm-tr)
n.
1. A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet.
2. A line of verse consisting of three measures of two feet each, especially one in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter in classical prosody.
[Late Latin, from Latin trimetrus, from Greek trimetros : tri-, tri- + metron, measure; see meter1.]
tri·metric (tr-mtrk), tri·metri·cal (-r-kl) adj.
trimeter [ˈtrɪmɪtə] Prosody
n
(Literature / Poetry) a verse line consisting of three metrical feet
adj
(Literature / Poetry) designating such a line
trimeter
a verse having three metrical units.
See also: Verse
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But oh, mesdames, if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you all know the difference between trimeter and tetrameter, may all Poetry go to the deuce, and every schoolmaster perish miserably!
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