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    METRICS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The study of poetic meter and the art of versificationplay

    Synonyms:

    metrics; prosody

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("metrics" is a kind of...):

    poetics (study of poetic works)

    Domain member category:

    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; prosody; rhythmic pattern ((prosody) a system of versification)

    beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

    foot; metrical foot; metrical unit ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)

    measured; metric; metrical (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)

    iambic (of or consisting of iambs)

    dactylic (of or consisting of dactyls)

    spondaic (of or consisting of spondees)

    trochaic (of or consisting of trochees)

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