1. Common metreCommon metre or Common measure, abbreviated C. M. or CM, is a poetic metre consisting of four lines which alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line, with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line, with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable), rhyming in the pattern a-b-a-b. The metre is denoted by the syllable count of each line, i.e.
Read “Common metre” on English Wikipedia
Read “普通律” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Common metre” on DBpedia
Read “Common metre” on English Wikipedia
Read “普通律” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Common metre” on DBpedia
Discussions
Log in to talk about this word.