metrist

Example Sentences

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As a metrist, therefore, Ramsay can claim little or no attention.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

But the most remarkable instance of harmony between metrical form and other characteristics, both of form and matter, in the metrist has yet to be mentioned.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

As has been pointed out above,544 Massinger is a strict metrist, and does not often resort to this liberty, even in rapid conversation.

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.

To the metrist and rhythmist the poem will be of interest from the first, and throughout.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour

In all this there is soothingness indeed, but no slumberous monotony; for Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell