metric verse
1metric — {{11}}metric (adj.) pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter, 1855, from Fr. métrique, from mèter (see METER (Cf. meter) (n.2)). In this sense, metrical is attested from 1797. {{12}}metric (n.) science of versification, 1760, from… …
2metric — met·ric || metrɪk adj. of the metric system, pertaining to the meter; of or pertaining to distance; composed in meter or verse (in poetry) …
3Political verse — (Greek: Politikos stichos, Πολιτικός στίχος), also known as Decapentasyllabic verse (from Greek dekapentasyllabos, δεκαπεντασύλλαβος, lit. 15 syllable ) is a metric form in Modern Greek poetry. It is an iambic verse of fifteen syllables and has… …
4Syllabic verse — is a poetic form having a fixed number of syllables per line or stanza regardless of the number of stresses that are present. It is common in languages that are syllable timed such as Japanese or modern French or Finnish, as opposed to accentual… …
5FREE VERSE — Japanese poetry has historically been governed by metric considerations based upon the tanka tradition. Free verse does away with the strict metrical structure of tanka, lending itself to the use of colloquial grammar and vocabulary. When… …
6cadence — /kayd ns/, n., v., cadenced, cadencing. n. Also, cadency. 1. rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language. 2. (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured. 3. the beat, rate, or measure of any… …
7Vasily Trediakovsky — Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky ( Василий Кириллович Тредиаковский (Тредьяковский) OldStyleDate|March 5|1703|February 22 in Astrakhan mdash; OldStyleDate|August 17|1768|August 6 in Sankt Petersburg) a Russian poet who helped lay foundations of… …
8Tarporley Painter — The Tarporley Painter was an Apulian red figure vase painter. His works date to the first quarter of the 4th century BC. The Tarporley Painter is his period s most important representative of the so called Plain Style . He is considered to have… …
9Stev — is one of the poetic forms that can be found in lyric poetry from Scandinavia. The English version of the word is stave, meaning the stressed syllable in a metric verse.The different types of stevAmong the various types of stev: *gamlestev ( old… …
10rondelet — noun A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables See Also: rondel, rondelle, roundel, rou …
