Trimeter

The following poem by Robert Bridges is written entirely in trimeter.

The idle life I lead
Is like a pleasant sleep,
Wherein I rest and heed
The dreams that by me sweep.

Can you identify the meter used in this poem? (Define it in terms of both foot and meter, and then click here.)

 

Longfellow's house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few blocks from Harvard University.



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