metrical composition
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Yet in this abundance of metrical composition, we have very few poems.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
Pretty fair, but—if a metrical composition full of poetry is not a poem what is it?
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose
Suppose the word canto to be taken in its literal etymological sense, it would indicate a metrical composition meant to be sung or chanted.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
‘Between the language of prose and that of metrical composition, there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference.’
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
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
