Usually means: Poetic meter of alternating lines.
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▸ noun:  (hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.

Similar:
common measure, short meter, long meter, trimeter, compound meter, simple meter, iambic tetrameter, tetrameter, hexameter, trimetre, more...

Opposite:
uncommon meter, irregular meter, irregular rhythm

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Similar:
common measure, short meter, long meter, trimeter, compound meter, simple meter, iambic tetrameter, tetrameter, hexameter, trimetre, more...

Opposite:
uncommon meter, irregular meter, irregular rhythm



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