Editing Dimeter

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In [[poetry]], a '''dimeter''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɪ|m|ɪ|t|ər}} is a metrical line of verse with two [[metrical foot|feet]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of DIMETER |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dimeter |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref>  The particular [[metrical foot|foot]] can vary.

Consider Thomas Hood's "[[The Bridge of Sighs (poem)|Bridge of Sighs]]," in which the first line of a pair is of two feet, each composed of three syllables, and the subsequent line is of two feet, each of two syllables. 

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

Also, the first line of William Wordsworth's "We Are Seven":

:A simp \\ le Child<ref>{{cite book|last=Greenblatt|first=Stephen|title=The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol. D|url=https://archive.org/details/nortonanthologyo00step|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=Norton|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/nortonanthologyo00step/page/248 248]}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Poetic meters}}
[[Category:Types of verses]]

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