noun
- a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet
Usage: poetry; prosody
Examples
- The poem was written in iambic dimeter.
- Each dimeter line contained exactly two stressed beats.
- The poet chose dimeter to create a quick, rhythmic effect.
- Dimeter verses are shorter than the more common pentameter lines.
- The nursery rhyme used trochaic dimeter throughout.
- Students learned to identify dimeter in classical poetry.