Editing Tetrameter

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In [[poetry]], a '''tetrameter''' is a [[Line (poetry)|line]] of four [[metrical foot|metrical feet]]. However, 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]]")
** "And since ''birth'' I've been ''cursed'' with this ''curse'' to just ''curse'' / And just ''blurt'' this ber''serk'' and biz''arre'' shit that ''works''" ([[Eminem]], "[[The Way I Am (Eminem song)|The Way I Am]]")
* ''[[Iambic tetrameter]]:''
** "Be''cause'' I ''could'' not ''stop'' for ''Death''" ([[Emily Dickinson]], [[eponymous]] [[Because I could not stop for Death|lyric]])
* ''[[Trochaic tetrameter]]:''
** "''Pet''er, ''Pet''er, ''pump''kin-''eat''er" ([[Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater|English nursery rhyme]])
* ''[[Dactylic tetrameter]]:''
** ''Pic''ture your ''self'' in a ''boat'' on a ''riv''er with [...] ([[The Beatles]], "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]")
* ''[[Spondee|Spondaic]] tetrameter:''
** ''Long sounds move slow''
* ''[[Pyrrhic]] tetrameter'' (with [[spondee]]s ["white breast" and "dim sea"]):
** And the ''white breast'' of the ''dim sea''
* ''[[Amphibrach|Amphibrachic]] 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]])

==See also==
*[[Iambic pentameter]]
*[[Anapestic tetrameter]]

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[[Category:Types of verses]]


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