short metre

British  

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

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Example Sentences

He said, No, he could have a large force of infantry to help him there, in very short metre, if there was any sudden emergency.

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They were badly mangled, so Hay put him down on the floor and took them off again, short metre, not without cutting his own in the operation, he was so tight.

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They began by attempting to make a little war-capital out of John Bull, and ended by singing, as we have seen, the “seven penitential psalms;” or, at least, as many of these psalms as could be sung in “seven days,” short metre being used.

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

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Gladstone, as short metre, two lines at a time.

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