Kind Of Metrical Lines Flashcards
1
Q
Dimeter
A
Two-feet line
Workers earn it Spendthrifts burn it Bankers lend it Women spend it Forgers fake it I could use it
2
Q
Trimeter
A
Three-foot line
The idle life I lead
Is like a pleasant sleep
Wherein I rest and head
The dreams that by me sweep
3
Q
Tetrameter
A
Four - foot line
The hills, the meadows and the lakes
They cannot know they cannot care
4
Q
Pentameter
A
Five-foot line
What oft was thought but ne er so well expressed
With loads of learned lumber in his head
5
Q
Hexameter
A
Six-foot line
If hunger proverbs say allures the wolf from wood
6
Q
Heptmeter
A
Seven-foot line
It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day
7
Q
Octometer
A
Eight- foot line
Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary
8
Q
Monometer
A
One-foot line
Thus I Pass by And die As one Unknown And gone
