metrical composition

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As master and model in metrical composition he chose Martial, and in his epigrammatic turn he is akin to the great Latin poet.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert

This also is a metrical composition; and it has the merit of being both shorter and also more correct.

From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)

‘Between the language of prose and that of metrical composition, there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference.’

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

Tim Tippin should study the art of metrical composition.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Peters, Charles

My knowledge of metrical composition," she continued, "is very limited.

From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton