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κείνους δὲ κλαίω ξυμφορᾷ κεχρημένους (Euripides' Medea 347) → I weep for those who have suffered disaster

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==Wikipedia EN==
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In [[poetry]], a '''[[tetrameter]]''' is a [[line]] of [[four]] [[feet]]. The particular [[foot]] can vary, as follows:
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* ''[[anapestic]] [[tetrameter]]:''
* ''[[anapestic]] [[tetrameter]]:''
** "And the '''sheen''' of their '''spears''' was like '''stars''' on the '''sea'''" (Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib")
** "And the '''sheen''' of their '''spears''' was like '''stars''' on the '''sea'''" (Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib")
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* ''[[amphibracic]] [[tetrameter]]'':
* ''[[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)
** 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)
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Revision as of 12:45, 24 October 2022

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

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

Latin > German (Georges)

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

Latin > English

tetrameter tetrametri N M :: tetrameter; four metric feet

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 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)