Poulter’s Measure

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Peter Lewis Groves (Monash University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

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Poulter’s Measure: a form of duple ictosyllabic couplet verse unaccountably popular during the early Tudor period, consisting of an alexandrine followed by a ,a href=http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5528>septenary, as in the following example:

Structurally Poulter’s measure resembles a duple limerick without rhyme.

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Citation: Groves, Peter Lewis. "Poulter’s Measure". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 June 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1760, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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