metrical composition
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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.
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
A metrical composition is divided into lines, each line containing a definite number of syllables.
From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Winslow, Horatio
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
To begin with the first count, Gray, we are told, sought to widen the space of separation betwixt prose and metrical composition.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert
