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Recent Examples of tetrameter
This task — writing a poem about a worm in anapestic tetrameter, a very specific and satisfyingly arcane poetic meter — is a challenging one, but ChatGPT was the clear winner, followed by a distant grouping of Bing then Bard.
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James Vincent, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
James Vincent, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tetrameter
Noun
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Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.—
William Logan,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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At a rate of roughly one verse per minute, Clark’s invention could compose striking Latin hexameters.—
Laurent Dubreuil,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
Noun
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Especially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss.—
Krissi Danielsson,
Parents,
29 July 2024
Noun
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That, too, is pentameter, plain as plain can be.—
Alex Abramovich,
New Yorker,
26 Dec. 2025
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Without Marlowe, there might have been no iambic pentameter, and no soliloquies.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The do-it-yourself movement is gaining a resurgence.—
Nolan Finley The Detroit News,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Fortunately for Fulham, the loose ball falls to their centre-forward, as the opposite movements of Jimenez and Sessegnon bamboozle Emmanuel Agbadou.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Tetrameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tetrameter. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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