metrist

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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

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 his dramas Hugo used the alexandrine, but in his lyric poems, his wonderful resources as a metrist were exhibited to the utmost in the invention of the most bizarre, eccentric, and original verse forms.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

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

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

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