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monometer
[ muh-nom-i-ter ]
noun
- a line of verse of one measure or foot.
monometer
/ ˌmɒnəʊˈmɛtrɪkəl; mɒˈnɒmɪtə /
noun
- prosody a line of verse consisting of one metrical foot
Derived Forms
- monometrical, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾´Ç²Ô·´Ç·³¾±ð³Ù·°ù¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô [mon-, uh, -, me, -tri-k, uh, l], ³¾´Ç²Ôo·³¾±ð³Ù۾±³¦ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of monometer1
Example Sentences
A line made of one foot is called monometer.
Monometer, dimeter, and trimeter are not often used for a whole stanza; but they are frequently found in a stanza, introducing variety into it.
Milton, John, quotations from, 241, 245, 248.Minor term, 129.Monometer,
In like manner we have trochaic monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, and hexameter.
A verse consisting of a single dactyl is thus dactylic monometer; of two dactyls, dactylic dimeter; and so on up to dactylic hexameter, which is the meter of Homer's "Iliad," Vergil's "Æneid," and Longfellow's "Evangeline" and "Courtship of Miles Standish."
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