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METRICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
