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Meanings of common meter in English

Spanish
metro común

The usual (iambic) meter of a ballad.

        metro común
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        Examples for "common measure"
        Examples for "common measure"
        1
        He had preserved in no common measure the innocence of childhood.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
        2
        This measure is, moreover, independent of the particular phenomenon taken as the common measure.
        The New Physics and Its Evolution
        3
        Any common measure for the prevention or punishment of crime.
        A Study of Association in Insanity
        4
        Perhaps he was wily beyond the common measure of man.
        South Wind
        5
        The difficulty of reconciling the varied interests in a common measure seemed at times insurmountable.
        The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
        Usage of common meter in English
        1
        The only large sample of tunes we had access to was hymns, so we started generating common -meter hymns.
        Wired
        Translations for common meter