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Inpoetry, atetrameter is aline of fourmetrical feet. However, the particular foot can vary, as follows:

• Anapestic tetrameter:
  • "And thesheen of theirspears was likestars on thesea" (Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib")
  • "Twas thenight beforeChristmas whenall through thehouse" ("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
  • "And sincebirth I've beencursed with thiscurse to justcurse / And justblurt this berserk and bizarre shit thatworks" (Eminem, "The Way I Am")
• Iambic tetrameter:
  • "Because Icould notstop forDeath" (Emily Dickinson,eponymouslyric)
• Trochaic tetrameter:
  • "Peter,Peter,pumpkin-eater" (English nursery rhyme)
• Dactylic tetrameter:
  • Picture yourself in aboat on ariver with [...] (The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")
• Spondaic tetrameter:
  • Long sounds move slow
• Pyrrhic tetrameter (withspondees ["white breast" and "dim sea"]):
  • And thewhite breast of thedim sea
• Amphibrachic tetrameter:
  • And,speaking ofbirds, there's theRussian Palooski, / Whoseheadski isredski andbelly isblueski. (Dr. Seuss)

• Iambic pentameter
• Anapestic tetrameter

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