Dimeter

Dimeter is a line of verse made up of two metrical feet. It may appear in a poem on its own or as part of a mixed-meter pattern, and the two feet can be any kind of foot, such as iambs or trochees.

Example

the MOON / is UP

the LAKE / is STILL

your SHADOW / climbs

the HILL / and HILL
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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