Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0515 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Iambic Tetrameter
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The idea
The glossary gives iambic tetrameter as a line with four beats, quoting Wordsworth: I wandered lonely as a cloud. Four beats runs closer to song than five does, which is why ballads and hymns favour it. The anchor's own regular-verse chapter uses that poem.
In practice
Four beats, nearer to song.
Where people slip
Ballads and hymns live here.
Your place on the trail
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