Anisometric verse is a type of poetic verse which does not have any corresponding poetic meter. A stanza of this sort is mostly lines of unequal numbers of matching length in terms of how many meters, which can also be termed as mixed stanzas . It may mix multiple styles or alternative between several meters. William Wordsworth used this style in Ode: Intimations of Immortality, as did Afanasy Fet in his work "Flights Beyond Fancy or Fantasy".

Example

For example, the following verse would be anisometric:

Though this verse is witty and clever And writing it took no time

It's all anisometric, using meters much as you would a lever

even if I did make it all rhyme.

See also

• Alliterative verse
• Foot (prosody)
• Literary consonance

References