What's the difference between tetrameter and triolet?
Tetrameter
Definition:
(n.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Low-angle laser light scattering of the enzyme has shown that native enzyme is a tetrametic form.
(2) Erythrocytes from patients suffering from acute lymphoid leukaemia (ALL) show decreased proportions of spectrin tetrameters and altered spatial distribution of band 4.1 and ankyrins.
(3) It is established by means of disc polyacrilamide electrophoresis amino acid analysis and isoelectric focusing that FSA1 is tetrameter, but FSA2-octameter, which have similar amino-acid content and do not contain carbohydrates.
Triolet
Definition:
(n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.