metrical composition
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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
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
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
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
There is nothing said in this definition about rhythm or metre, and indeed Mill regarded as the vulgarest of all any definition of poetry which confounds it with metrical composition.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert
