metrics

met·rics  (mtrks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The use or study of metrical structures in verse; prosody.

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metrics

1. the science of meter. — metricist, n.
2. the art of composing metrical verse. — metrician, metrist, n.

See also: Verse

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Noun

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metrics - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification prosody 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 poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse 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"