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
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)
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.
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
Dryden, too, approves of Fairfax, considered at least as a metrist.
From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
