meter

Definition: Poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.


Example: / - - / - - /
Hickory, dickory, dock,
- / - / - /
The mice ran up the clock.
- / - /
The clock struck one,
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The mice ran down.
/ - - / - - /
Hickory, dickory , dock.
Significance: I think that a meter is how the word sounds.