A metrical pattern for hymns in which the stanzas have four lines with 6, 6, 8, and 6 syllables.
‘It was then that he experimented with a new form - short metre and a pleasing colloquial tone.’
‘Common metre, short metre and long metre are almost always referred to by their letter abbreviations (CM, SM, LM).’
‘In my edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (With Accompanying Tunes), I discovered eleven Watts hymns: one in short meter, six in common, four in long.’
‘All but a few of the psalms were presented in four-line stanzas in short metre, common metre, or long metre.’
‘He used poetical and literary forms never before known to Punjabi, such as short metre and blank verse.’
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