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DimeterA line of verse composed of two feet. “Some go local / Some go express / Some can’t wait / To answer Yes,” writes Muriel Rukeyser in her poem “Yes,” in which the dimeter line predominates. Kay Ryan’s [..]
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DimeterA line containing only two metrical feet. See meter and foot.
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DimeterA line of poetry consisting of two metrical feet. Dimeters are comparatively rare but an example of an iambic dimeter is The Robin by Thomas Hardy. An example of a dactylic dimeter is The Charge o [..]
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DimeterN M dimeter; two metric feet
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Dimetera poetic line of two feet, etc.
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Dimeter
(poetry) A line in a poem having two metrical feet.
(poetry) A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.
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