metrical composition
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Possessed of an ardent love of reading, he early became familiar with the English poets, and himself tried metrical composition.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
The popularity obtained by the ballad of "Auld Robin Gray" has seldom been exceeded in the history of any other metrical composition.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
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
It must be read aloud to them and its beauties pointed out occasionally to create a love for so artificial a thing as metrical composition.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
To begin with the first count, Gray, we are told, sought to widen the space of separation betwixt prose and metrical composition.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert
