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Definition of Monometer
1. n. A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.
Definition of Monometer
1. Noun. A line of verse containing a single metrical foot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monometer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monometer
Literary usage of Monometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Greek Prosody and Metre, for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1842)
"... to impart more dignity and elevation to the style.i V. Iambic measure admits
of being constructed in all varieties of length, from the monometer ..."
2. The Elements of English Versification by James Wilson Bright, Raymond Durbin Miller (1910)
"The verse of one foot, or the monometer, therefore depends for its rhythm on its
... In this manner an iambic monometer (x -L) is obtained in the following ..."
3. Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of by Robert Frederick Brewer (1893)
"TROCHAIC monometer. Normal line, Two Syllables — --. This one-foot verse is only
met with mixed wifh longer verses, eg : Crying, Sighing, Whining, Pining, ..."
4. The Verse of Greek Comedy by John Williams White (1912)
"The first is the beginning of a trimeter in V, of a dimeter in Ε; the second is
a monometer in both V and Ε; the third is a monometer in E, the first part ..."
5. English Versification for the Use of Students by James Challis Parsons (1891)
"It should be remarked that it is very rare to find specimens of lines consisting
of one unit, ,pr more than six units, of any rhythm. 5. Iambic monometer: ..."
6. Elements and Science of English Versification by William Caswell Jones (1897)
"Measure, monometer. Rhythm, Trochaic. Formula, Ab. Sign, — ^ EXAMPLE (i). i.
2- 3- Helter, Singing, Hurry, Skelter, Swinging, Skurry, ..."
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