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How many feet are in monometer, dimeter, trimeter, and tetrameter?
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In the study of prosody, a line of verse is measured by the number of metrical feet it contains. The terms for these lines correspond to the specific count of feet present:
- Monometer: 1 foot1
- Dimeter: 2 feet12
- Trimeter: 3 feet13
- Tetrameter: 4 feet14
The metre of a poem is determined by both the type of foot used and the number of feet per line.1