Understanding Trimeter Poetry: A Guide to the Three-Line Form

Trimeter is a poetic form consisting of three lines, usually with a specific rhyme scheme. The first and third lines are usually iambic tetrameter (four feet, with the first foot dactylic), while the second line is in iambic trimeter (three feet). This creates a pattern of unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed.

Here's an example of a trimeter poem:

The sun sets slowly in the sky (iambic tetrameter)
Golden hues upon the sea (iambic trimeter)
A peaceful end to day and night (iambic tetrameter)

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