Speech Measure

Type:		Structure, Metrical Requirement, Other Requirement

Description:		The same as Old Story Measure, except that there are three or four unstressed syllables per hemistich instead of two, sometimes three.

Origin:		Norse

Rhythm/Stanza Length:		4

See Also:		Accentual Verse, Anglo-Saxon Accentual Verse, Edda Measures, Old Story Measure, Song Measure, Tetrastich

Status:		Incomplete