Meter
Meter noun - The recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity.
Usage example: the poem's heavy meter is meant to reinforce the atmosphere of gloom
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Tetrameter and meter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tetrameter" instead a noun "Meter".
Tetrameter
Tetrameter noun - A verse line having four metrical feet.
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- Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: Well, tetrameter, but it still applies—all of Danger's prophecies are in meter, to the point where it's become a convention for others writing in the 'verse.
Source: Fanfic / Dangerverse
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