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Recent Examples of trimeterEspecially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss.—Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 29 July 2024
This quatrain is the poem’s ideal formal representation of itself, a kind of proof of concept: four lines of impeccable iambic tetrameter in an AABB rhyme scheme.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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.
But with Shakespeare, whose characters felt so familiar inside rules of prose and iambic pentameter, Ming-Trent found a poetry partner to hep him through life’s brutalities.
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David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
Even within her prose, Rooney occasionally slips into iambic pentameter.
Before Brexit, the UK was part of the EU customs union and single market, allowing for the free movement of goods, people and capital.
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Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Anthropic as an organization is deeply influenced by the Effective Altruism movement, which seeks to have the largest possible positive impact on humanity; this makes biology a natural fit as a focus area.