noun
- lines of verse consisting of three metrical feet
Usage: poetry; prosody
Examples
- The poet wrote several trimeters in iambic meter.
- Ancient Greek drama often employed trimeters for dialogue.
- Students analyzed the trimeters in the classical text.
- The verse form alternated between trimeters and tetrameters.
- She practiced scanning trimeters for her literature exam.
- The translation preserved the original trimeters where possible.