03-13-2015, 03:10 PM
But Milo, and Billy, and Erthona: isn't Common Meter defined not simply as 4-3-4-3, but rather 4 iambs, 3 iambs, 4 iambs, 3 iambs?
That's what it says in the first four dictionaries I looked in. In fact Common Meter is often defined as Iambic Tetrameter / Iambic Trimeter.
So, by definition, Common Meter is 8.6 8.6.
Which would mean Amazing Grace, the Lucy Poems, et al are not, strictly speaking, "perfect common meter"?
That's what it says in the first four dictionaries I looked in. In fact Common Meter is often defined as Iambic Tetrameter / Iambic Trimeter.
So, by definition, Common Meter is 8.6 8.6.
Which would mean Amazing Grace, the Lucy Poems, et al are not, strictly speaking, "perfect common meter"?