metrical composition
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C. Lucilius invented satire, by first imparting a definite purpose to an inartistic kind of metrical composition, in which miscellaneous topics had been treated in accordance with the occasional mood or interests of the writer.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
But never in all my life—" "Oh, well, if you ever get out of the infant class, Miss Selmer, you may learn a few rudimentary rules of metrical composition.
From Skyrider by Fischer, Anton Otto
There is nothing said in this definition about rhythm or metre, and indeed Mill regarded as the vulgarest of all any definition of poetry which confounds it with metrical composition.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert
Fiddlesticks.—Your verses have been written without due knowledge of metrical composition.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 by Various
Full of poetical feeling, and with a strong desire for poetical expression, Emerson experienced a difficulty in the mechanical part of metrical composition.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
