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Meaning of common meter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

common meter

noun

Definitions

  1. (hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.

    Example: The hymn “Amazing Grace” is in common meter.