tetrameter
n . 四音步句
四音步句
tetrameter n 1 :
a verse line having four metrical feet Tetrameter \
Te *
tram "
e *
ter \,
n . [
L .
tetrametrus ,
Gr . ?;
te `
tra -
(
see {
Tetra -}) ?
a measure :
cf .
F .
t ['
e ]
tram [`
e ]
tre .] (
GR .
&
Latin Pros .)
A verse or line consisting of four measures ,
that is ,
in iambic ,
trochaic ,
and anapestic verse ,
of eight feet ;
in other kinds of verse ,
of four feet .
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Verse \
Verse \ (
v [~
e ]
rs ),
n . [
OE .
vers ,
AS .
fers ,
L .
versus a line in writing ,
and ,
in poetry ,
a verse ,
from vertere ,
versum ,
to turn ,
to turn round ;
akin to E .
worth to become :
cf .
F .
vers .
See {
Worth }
to become ,
and cf . {
Advertise },
{
Averse }, {
Controversy }, {
Convert }, {
Divers }, {
Invert },
{
Obverse }, {
Prose }, {
Suzerain }, {
Vortex }.]
1 .
A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (
see {
Foot },
n .,
9 )
disposed according to metrical rules .
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Note :
Verses are of various kinds ,
as {
hexameter },
{
pentameter }, {
tetrameter },
etc .,
according to the number of feet in each .
A verse of twelve syllables is called an {
Alexandrine }.
Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe .
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2 .
Metrical arrangement and language ;
that which is composed in metrical form ;
versification ;
poetry .
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Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse .
--
Milton .
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Virtue was taught in verse . --
Prior .
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Verse embalms virtue . --
Donne .
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3 .
A short division of any composition .
Specifically :
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(
a )
A stanza ;
a stave ;
as ,
a hymn of four verses .
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Note :
Although this use of verse is common ,
it is objectionable ,
because not always distinguishable from the stricter use in the sense of a line .
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(
b ) (
Script .)
One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments .
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Note :
The author of the division of the Old Testament into verses is not ascertained .
The New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephens [
or Estienne ],
a French printer .
This arrangement appeared for the first time in an edition printed at Geneva ,
in 1551 .
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(
c ) (
Mus .)
A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part .
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4 .
A piece of poetry . "
This verse be thine ." --
Pope .
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{
Blank verse },
poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes .
{
Heroic verse }.
See under {
Heroic }.
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