metrical composition
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This is the only metrical composition of prolific Daniel that has any pretensions to be called a poem.
From History of the Plague in London by Defoe, Daniel
Lord Jeffrey, one of the keenest of critics, says that the term may properly be applied to "every metrical composition from which we derive pleasure without any laborious exercise of the understanding."
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations by Carman, Bliss
While making these discoveries, Alec chanced to observe—he was quick-eyed—that some of the dusty papers on the table were scrawled over with the first amorphous appearance of metrical composition.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
Yet in this abundance of metrical composition, we have very few poems.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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
