metrical composition
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The performance is a metrical composition, in stanzas of eleven verses.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
As Froude observes, he had little ear for metrical composition.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
The end of poetry, we take it, is to please—and the name, we think, is strictly applicable to every metrical composition from which we receive pleasure, without any laborious exercise of the understanding.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis
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
A metrical composition is divided into lines, each line containing a definite number of syllables.
From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Winslow, Horatio
