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Meaning of common meter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.

uncountable

Examples

“The hymn “Amazing Grace” is in common meter.”
“The English band Crass sounded like a bag of rocks: scrabbly drum rolls, clanky guitars, no bass end, the words a jabbery Cockney caterwaul through endless stanzas of common meter.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

common milkwort common millet common minnow common mola common moorhen common mora

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