Dimeter
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In poetry
, a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet. Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs:
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Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet. Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs:
The Bridge of Sighs (poem)
"The Bridge of Sighs" is a famous poem of 1844 by Thomas Hood concerning the suicide of a homeless young woman who threw herself from Waterloo Bridge in London....
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- Take her up \\ tenderly,
- Lift her \\ with care,
- Fashioned so \\ slenderly,
- Young and \\ so fair.