Dimeter

{{Refimprove|date=May 2013}} In poetry, a '''dimeter''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɪ|m|ɪ|t|ər}} is a metrical line of verse with two feet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of DIMETER |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dimeter |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The particular foot can vary.

Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs," in which the first line of a pair is of two feet, each composed of three syllables, and the subsequent line is of two feet, each of two syllables.

:Take her up \\ tenderly, :Lift her \\ with care, :Fashioned so \\ slenderly, :Young and \\ so fair.

Also, the first line of William Wordsworth's "We Are Seven":

:A simp \\ le Child<ref>{{cite book|last=Greenblatt|first=Stephen|title=The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol. D|url=https://archive.org/details/nortonanthologyo00step|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=Norton|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/nortonanthologyo00step/page/248 248]}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Poetic meters}} Category:Types of verses