common measure
noun
1.
common time
.
2.
Also called
common meter,
hymnal stanza
.
Prosody.
a ballad stanza of four iambic lines and strict rhymes, often used in hymns, rhyming
abcb
or
abab.
Origin
1710-20
Examples from the web for
common measure
When literature is danced or chanted in common there must be some
common measure
, some time-keeper.
It also provides a
common measure
to show how much growth the students of each school have achieved.
Standard administration practices are implemented to provide a
common measure
of student achievement.
British Dictionary definitions for
common measure
common measure
noun
1.
another term for
common time
2.
the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b