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Metre (poetry)

In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. The study and the actual use of metres and forms of versification are…

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syllables metre poetry verse line syllable two english feet long metres one used classical short poetic number arabic foot persian

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Old Norseinstance ofThe alliterative metre of the old Germanic poetry of languages0.80text
Old English was radically differentinstance ofThe alliterative metre of the old Germanic poetry of languages0.80text
but was still based on stress patterns.Some classical languagesinstance ofThe alliterative metre of the old Germanic poetry of languages0.80text
in contrastinstance ofThe alliterative metre of the old Germanic poetry of languages0.80text
used a different scheme known as quantitative metreinstance ofThe alliterative metre of the old Germanic poetry of languages0.80text
where patterns were based on syllable weight rather than stressinstance ofThe alliterative metre of the old Germanic poetry of languages0.80text
Homerinstance ofand this gives life to thee.This approach to analysing and classifying metres originates from Ancient Greek tragedians and poets0.80text
Pindarinstance ofand this gives life to thee.This approach to analysing and classifying metres originates from Ancient Greek tragedians and poets0.80text
Hesiodinstance ofand this gives life to thee.This approach to analysing and classifying metres originates from Ancient Greek tragedians and poets0.80text
and Sappho.Howeverinstance ofand this gives life to thee.This approach to analysing and classifying metres originates from Ancient Greek tragedians and poets0.80text
some metres have an overall rhythmic pattern to the line that cannot easily be described using feetinstance ofand this gives life to thee.This approach to analysing and classifying metres originates from Ancient Greek tragedians and poets0.80text
Old Norseinstance ofand related more to the verse forms of most of the older Germanic languages0.80text

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