Tetrameter

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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A line of four metrical feet. For example in Blake's

Songs of Innocence and Experience

and in Swift'

s

poem “The Lady's Dressing Room”:

He soon would learn to think like me, And bless his ravished eyes to see Such order from confusion sprung, Such gaudy tulips raised from dung.

He soon would learn to think like me, And bless his ravished eyes to see Such order from confusion sprung, Such gaudy tulips raised from dung.

49 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Tetrameter". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1097, accessed 29 March 2024.]

1097 Tetrameter 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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