Monometer
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In poetry, a monometer is a line of verse with just one metrical foot.
Example
[edit | edit source]Monometer can be exemplified by this portion of Robert Herrick's poem "Upon His Departure Hence":[1]
Thus I
Passe by,
And die:
As one,
Unknown,
And gone.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Works of Robert Herrick Vol 1 ed. Alfred Pollard, Lawrence & Bullen 1891
External links
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