| 单词 | common metre |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon metre common metre n. an iambic metre used esp. in hymns, in which the verse has four lines with 8, 6, 8, and 6 syllables; cf. service metre n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > common metre common metre1664 service metre1841 running rhythma1887 1664 (title) The Psalms of King David paraphrased and turned into English verse according to the common metre as they are usually sung in parish churches. 1718 I. Watts Psalms of David Pref. I have formed my verse in the three most usual metres to which our psalm tunes are fitted, namely, the common metre, the metre of the old twenty-fifth psalm, which I call short metre, and that of the old hundredth psalm, which I call long metre. 2000 Z. Leader in K. Amis Lett. 1086 ‘Fred Faraday Philosopher’, a series of poems (forty or fifty), in common metre, about an homme moyen sensuel. < as lemmas |
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