Meaning & use
trimeter
A line of poetry made up of three metrical feet, shorter than the more common tetrameter.
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The short poem was written in trimeter, giving it a quick, clipped rhythm.
Each stanza's final line dropped into trimeter after three lines of longer meter.
A note on using this word
Trimeter is less common in English poetry than tetrameter or pentameter, and often creates a brisk or abrupt effect.
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