metrist

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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

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

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

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.

No other metre allows of anything like the variety of blank verse in this regard, and no other metrist makes so splendid a use of its freedom.

From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

For the Greek poet was, as a metrist, thinking primarily of quantity, of the relative "timing" of his syllables, and the American of the relative "stress" of his syllables.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss