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Line of verse consisting of one metrical foot. Often used to break up the pattern of a poem, but in certain cases can be an entire poem. Consider this portion of Herrick's "Upon His Departure Hence":

Thus I
Passe by,
And die:
As one,
Unknown,
And gone.

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Last edited November 12, 2001 1:41 am by Red Bowen (diff)
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