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":Works of Robert Herrick Vol 1 ed. Alfred Pollard, Lawrence & Bullen 1891

Thus I

Passe by,

And die:

As one,

Unknown,

And gone.

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