Shadow Rounds:
meter
METER describes the basic sound patterns of verse. In Shadow Rounds Meter is the second layer of texts and it is used to refer to a period of English writing from 1300 to 1600. It also denotes a predetermined formal structure and reflects Spitalfields wealth of eminent writers.
The lines from Chaucer's House of Fame use an eight syllable length. Marlowe and Shakespeare use iambic pentameter. These basic stuctures form the focus of the sound worlds created around these texts.