metrist
Example Sentences
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Dryden, too, approves of Fairfax, considered at least as a metrist.
From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross
But the most remarkable instance of harmony between metrical form and other characteristics, both of form and matter, in the metrist has yet to be mentioned.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
See notes on Dunbar as a metrist, in this edition, vol. i. pp. cxlix and clxxii, and T. F. Henderson's Scottish Vernacular Literature, pp. 153-164.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
No other metre allows of anything like the variety of blank verse in this regard, and no other metrist makes so splendid a use of its freedom.
From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
As has been pointed out above,544 Massinger is a strict metrist, and does not often resort to this liberty, even in rapid conversation.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
