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Verse of two feet
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dimeter
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n. 1 (context poetry English) A line in a poem having two metrical feet. 2 (context poetry English) A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.
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In poetry , a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet . The particular foot , of course, can vary. Consider Thomas Hood's " Bridge of Sighs: ", in which the first line of a pair is of two feet, each composed of three syllables, and the subsequent ...
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Dimeter \Dim"e*ter\, a. [L. dimeter, Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? measure.] Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n. A verse of two meters.
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Greek dimeter, but also containing the echo of troche, a circular pill or tablet taken as an anodyne, its shape derived from trokhos, the wheel.