common meter
English
Alternative forms
- common metre
Noun
- (hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.
- The hymn “Amazing Grace” is in common meter.
Synonyms
- common measure
See also
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