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Metrically

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met·ri·cal  (mtr-kl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line.
2. Of or relating to measurement.
[Middle English, from Latin metricus, from Greek metrikos, from metron, measure, poetic meter; see m-2 in Indo-European roots.]
metri·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.metrically - with regard to meter; "metrically, these poems are matched"


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The metrical structure of each stanza is elaborate (differing in different poems), but metrically all the strophes and antistrophes in any given poem must be exactly identical with each other and different from the epodes.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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