Meaning & use
tetrameter
A line of poetry made up of four metrical feet, a common rhythm in English verse.
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Many nursery rhymes are written in tetrameter, giving them a steady, singsong beat.
The professor scanned the poem's tetrameter, marking four stressed syllables in each line.
A note on using this word
Compare with pentameter, which has five feet per line and is the standard meter of Shakespearean verse.
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