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Definition

A dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet.

Example

Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs:"

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

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