X. J. Kennedy

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

American Author

Shakira

Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We're very alike; it's not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it's just that he was born 10 years later... he's a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.

Musician

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

American Athlete

Jack Prelutsky

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

American Poet

George Cukor

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.

American Producer

Steve Prefontaine

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

Felix Dennis

I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.

British Publisher

John Darnielle

My father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry.

American Musician

Groucho Marx

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

American Comedian

Vladimir Putin

I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.

Russian Statesman

Used to discuss length or distance in the physical world, often outdoors.

Physical Distance

Common in athletics to describe race lengths or field dimensions.

Sports Usage

Remember, 'meter' in this context isn’t a device but the unit used by devices.

Not a Device

Often refers to devices that track utility usage like water, gas, or electricity.

Utility Monitoring

In some contexts, meters like parking meters involve payment for services.

Payment Systems

Refers to the rhythm of a poem, a sequence that may repeat throughout.

Poetic Rhythm

Understanding meter is essential to study and analyze poetry.

Literary Analysis

Refers to the timing and stress pattern within music compositions.

Musical Timing

Different music genres can often be identified by their characteristic meter.

Music Genre Feature

 depending on how foamy your blood becomes. Okay, well, let's say you want to fly just a few meters above the ground where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans,

If superpowers were...

 The third demand-side option I want to talk about, the third way to reduce energy consumption read your meters. People talk a lot about smart meters, but you can do it yourself. Use your own eyes and be smart. Read your meter, and if you're anything like me, it'll change your life.

David Mackay: A reality...

 The pirate can only walk in iambs, a living reminder of Shakespeare's favorite meter. Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island

Why Shakespeare loved...

 walking every day was as good for my head as it was for my body and finally life's too short to live without ice cream when i was first diagnosed i made a list of all my favorite foods and i went and did a glycemic a personal glycemic index with my glucose meter of

The psychological weight...

 oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered

Nature's Oddest Looking...

 there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength

ONE HOUR of Amazing...

 are close to a meter tall quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind his defiance buys time

10 TOP Natural History...

 this is rafflesia the corpse flower a meter across it's the world's biggest flower

Corpse Flower Stinks of...

 minute and dive as deep as 40 meters the catch

Meter