ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Trimeter

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Trimeter is a noun meaning A line in a poem having three metrical feet.

Meaning

A line in a poem having three metrical feet.

More Meanings

  1. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.

Example Sentences

All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include iambic, anapestic, trimetre, tetrameter, tripody, tetrametre.

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