Tetrameter Definition

tĕ-trămĭ-tər
noun
A line of verse containing four metrical feet or measures.
Webster's New World
Verse consisting of tetrameters.
Webster's New World
Classical quantitative verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.
American Heritage
A single line of such verse.
American Heritage
adjective
Having four metrical feet or measures.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tetrameter

Noun

Singular:
tetrameter
Plural:
tetrameters

Origin of Tetrameter

  • Late Latin tetrametrus from Greek tetrametron from neuter of tetrametros having four measures tetra- tetra- -metron measure –meter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tetrameter Sentence Examples

  • Each of these hymns has eight four-line stanzas and is written in strict iambic tetrameter.

  • The poem was written in memory of his friend Arthur Hallam and consists of 132 separate poems - all written in iambic tetrameter.

  • Another work was the Saturae, written in various metres, but chiefly in the trochaic tetrameter.

  • The metres employed by Epicharmus were iambic trimeter, and especially trochaic and anapaestic tetrameter.

  • According to Suidas, Phrynichus first introduced female characters on the stage (played by men in masks), and made special use of the trochaic tetrameter.

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