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
It is not the multitude of remembered passages which settles the rank of a metrical composition as poetry.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
As Froude observes, he had little ear for metrical composition.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
Study the Laws governing Metrical Composition If you feel you can best express yourself in verse, make a comprehensive study of the laws governing metrical composition.
From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora
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
