short metre

noun

1. a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six

Example Sentences

But I wish you would suggest to mother the propriety of sending me another box; the last we finished in short metre.

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Short sermons, short prayers, short hymns, and short metre are peculiarly interesting.

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One would think they would have stirred that villainous woman out of the Church in short metre, or stirred out of it themselves.

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Now, boys, we'll all run and hide, and Trip will find us in short metre.

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