met·rics (m t r ks)n. (used with a sing. verb) The use or study of metrical structures in verse; prosody. |
metrics
1. the science of meter. — metricist, n.
2. the art of composing metrical verse. — metrician, metrist, n.
See also: Verse
2. the art of composing metrical verse. — metrician, metrist, n.
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| Noun | 1. | metrics - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification poetics - study of poetic works acatalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables Alexandrine - (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet catalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot hypercatalectic - (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm iambic - of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter" dactylic - of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter" spondaic - of or consisting of spondees; "spondaic hexameter" trochaic - of or consisting of trochees; "trochaic dactyl" |
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