common metre
Britishnoun
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The syllables are as in the common metre, but it has thrice the rhymes.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Yet, by these presents, witness all, She's welcome fifty times, And comes consigned to Hope and Love And common metre rhymes.
From Mother Carey's Chickens by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Another very common metre in the Dramas consists of stanzas of eight lines of seven syllables, rhyming alternately.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry
Mother Carey played the dear old common metre tune, and the voices rang out in Whittier's hymn.
From Mother Carey's Chickens by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
This is the common metre for narrative, didactic, and descriptive poetry.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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