metrical composition
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Full of poetical feeling, and with a strong desire for poetical expression, Emerson experienced a difficulty in the mechanical part of metrical composition.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
It is recommended, therefore, that one or more of the simpler kinds of metrical composition be tried.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
As master and model in metrical composition he chose Martial, and in his epigrammatic turn he is akin to the great Latin poet.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
Wordsworth apologizes for using the word "Poetry" as synonymous with metrical composition.
From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
