common metre
Britishnoun
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Wordsworth, by the way, when he visited Vallombrosa with Crabb Robinson in 1837, wrote an inferior poem there, in a rather common metre, in honour of Milton's association with it.
From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Ballads are more frequently written in common metre lines of eight and six syllables alternating.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various
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
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 of the Psalm versions.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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