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tetrameter n. 四音步句 四音步句 tetrameter n 1: a verse line having four metrical feetTetrameter \ Te* tram" e* ter\, n. [ L. tetrametrus, Gr. ?; te` tra- ( see { Tetra-}) ? a measure: cf. F. t[' e] tram[` e] tre.] ( GR. & Latin Pros.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet. [ 1913 Webster]
Verse \ Verse\ ( v[~ e] rs), n. [ OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See { Worth} to become, and cf. { Advertise}, { Averse}, { Controversy}, { Convert}, { Divers}, { Invert}, { Obverse}, { Prose}, { Suzerain}, { Vortex}.] 1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet ( see { Foot}, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Verses are of various kinds, as { hexameter}, { pentameter}, { tetrameter}, etc., according to the number of feet in each. A verse of twelve syllables is called an { Alexandrine}. Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. [ 1913 Webster] Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Virtue was taught in verse. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] Verse embalms virtue. -- Donne. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: [ 1913 Webster] ( a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Although this use of verse is common, it is objectionable, because not always distinguishable from the stricter use in the sense of a line. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) ( Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The author of the division of the Old Testament into verses is not ascertained. The New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephens [ or Estienne], a French printer. This arrangement appeared for the first time in an edition printed at Geneva, in 1551. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) ( Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A piece of poetry. " This verse be thine." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] { Blank verse}, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. { Heroic verse}. See under { Heroic}. [ 1913 Webster]
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