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noun
A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: common measure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
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