Monometer

In poetry, a monometer is a line of verse with just one metrical foot.

Example

Monometer can be exemplified by this portion of Robert Herrick's poem "Upon His Departure Hence":<ref>Works of Robert Herrick Vol 1 ed. Alfred Pollard, Lawrence & Bullen 1891</ref> <poem style="margin-left: 2em;"> Thus I Passe by, And die: As one, Unknown, And gone. </poem>

See also

• Trochaic
• Foot (prosody)

References

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External links

• Upon his departure