Which type of meter is used in these lines from a poem? I could not love thee, Dear, so much Loved I not honor more

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Which type of meter is used in these lines from a poem? I could not love thee, Dear, so much Loved I not honor more

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The first line is in tetrameter (8 syllables) and the second line is trimeter (6 syllables).

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