metrical composition
Example Sentences
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You ought to study the rules of metrical composition before putting your thoughts into metre.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. by Peters, Charles
My knowledge of metrical composition," she continued, "is very limited.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton
The verse shows great facility of metrical composition, but a considerable portion of it is transferred from the tragedies of Seneca.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Mary V turned white; also she wished that she had thought of mentioning the "rudimentary rules of metrical composition" instead of infant classes.
From Skyrider by Fischer, Anton Otto
C. Lucilius invented satire, by first imparting a definite purpose to an inartistic kind of metrical composition, in which miscellaneous topics had been treated in accordance with the occasional mood or interests of the writer.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
