Trimeter
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In poetry, a trimeter is a metre of three metrical feet per line—example:
- When here // the spring // we see,
- Fresh green // upon // the tree.
(Greek "three measure"): a line with three stresses. Coleridge, Christabel, line 31: "She stole along, she nothing spoke."
[edit] References
- ^ The Norton Anthology of English Literature. United States: Norton. 2006. pp. A62. ISBN 0-393-92713-X (v. 1).
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