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tĕtrămĕtĕr, trī, m. (τετράμετρος), tétramètre, qui a quatre mètres [métrique] : Diom. 519, 29.

tetrameter, trī, m. (τετράμετρος), der Tetrameter, Viertakter in der Metrik (s. tetrametrus), Diom. 506, 28.

tetrameter tetrametri N M :: tetrameter; four metric feet

In poetry, a tetrameter is a line of four feet. The particular foot can vary, as follows:

anapestic tetrameter:
- "And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea" (Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib")
- "Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house" ("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
iambic tetrameter:
- "Because I could not stop for Death" (Emily Dickinson, eponymous Because I could not stop for Death)
trochaic tetrameter:
- "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater" (Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater)
dactylic tetrameter:
- Picture your self in a boat on a river with [...] (The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")
spondaic tetrameter:
- Long sounds move slow
Pyrrhic tetrameter (with spondees ["white breast" and "dim sea"]):
- And the white breast of the dim sea
amphibracic tetrameter:
- And, speaking of birds, there's the Russian Palooski, / Whose headski is redski and belly is blueski. (Dr. Seuss)

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+==Wikipedia EN==
+In [[poetry]], a '''[[tetrameter]]''' is a [[line]] of [[four]] [[feet]]. The particular [[foot]] can vary, as follows:
+* ''[[anapestic]] [[tetrameter]]:''
+** "And the '''sheen''' of their '''spears''' was like '''stars''' on the '''sea'''" (Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib")
+** "Twas the '''night''' before '''Christ'''mas when '''all''' through the '''house'''"  ("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
+* ''[[iambic]] [[tetrameter]]:''
+** "Be'''cause''' I '''could''' not '''stop''' for '''Death'''" (Emily Dickinson, [[eponymous]] Because I could not stop for Death)
+* ''[[trochaic]] [[tetrameter]]:''
+** "'''Pet'''er, '''Pet'''er, '''pump'''kin-'''eat'''er" (Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater)
+* ''[[dactylic]] [[tetrameter]]:''
+** '''Pic'''ture your '''self''' in a '''boat''' on a '''riv'''er with [...] (The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")
+* ''[[spondaic]] tetrameter'':
+** '''Long sounds move slow'''
+* ''[[Pyrrhic]] [[tetrameter]]'' (with [[spondee]]s ["white breast" and "dim sea"]):
+** And the '''white breast''' of the '''dim sea'''
+* ''[[amphibracic]] [[tetrameter]]'':
+** And, '''speak'''ing of '''birds''', there's the '''Russ'''ian Pa'''loo'''ski,  / Whose '''head'''ski is '''red'''ski and '''bel'''ly is '''blue'''ski. (Dr. Seuss)