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The line "A tree whose hungry mouth is prest" contains eight syllables, making it an example of tetrameter, which consists of four metrical feet per line. Each foot in this line likely contains two syllables, maintaining the tetrameter structure.

A metrical line with 4 metrical feet is called tetrameter. Each foot typically consists of two syllables or one long syllable, following a specific pattern depending on the type of verse (e.g., iambic tetrameter, trochaic tetrameter).

Trochaic tetrameter is a meter in poetry. It refers to a line of fourtrochaicfeet. The word "tetrameter" simply means that the poem has four trochees. A trochee is a long syllable, or stressed syllable, followed by a short, or unstressed, one.

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