METRICS

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Meaning:

The study of poetic meter and the art of versification

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)