common metre
a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, two of eight syllables alternating with two of six
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This is the common metre for narrative, didactic, and descriptive poetry.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon LathamIt is all written in "common metre," nearly all in lines of eight and six syllables alternately.
Sabbath in Puritan New England | Alice Morse EarleOne of its forms has in hymn-books the designation of common metre.
A History of English Versification | Jakob SchipperAnother very common metre in the Dramas consists of stanzas of eight lines of seven syllables, rhyming alternately.
A Handbook of the Cornish Language | Henry JennerThe trochaic septenarius, also a common metre in the drama, consists of seven trochees and an additional long syllable.
A History of Roman Literature | Harold North Fowler
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