Trimeter

{{Short description|Type of meter (poetry)}}

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In poetry, a trimeter (Greek for "three measure") is a metre of three metrical feet per line.{{Cite book |last=Greene |first=Roland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJVlZjIe5o8C&pg=PA1459 |title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics |last2=Cushman |first2=Stephen |last3=Cavanagh |first3=Clare |last4=Ramazani |first4=Jahan |last5=Rouzer |first5=Paul |last6=Feinsod |first6=Harris |last7=Marno |first7=David |last8=Slessarev |first8=Alexandra |date=2012-08-26 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-15491-6 |pages=1459 |language=en}} Examples:

: When here // the spring // we see,

: Fresh green // upon // the tree.