In poetry, a monometer is a line of verse with just one metrical foot, exemplified by this portion of Herrick's "Upon His Departure Hence":
- Thus I
Passe by,
And die:
As one,
Unknown,
And gone.
- Thus I
I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.