In poetry, a monometer is a line of verse with just one metrical foot.
Example
Monometer can be exemplified by this portion of Robert Herrick's poem "Upon His Departure Hence":
<poem style="margin-left: 2em;">
Thus I
Passe by,
And die:
As one,
Unknown,
And gone.
</poem>
See also
- Trochaic
- Foot (prosody)