metrist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of metrist
From the Medieval Latin word metrista, dating back to 1525–35. See meter 2, -ist
Example Sentences
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To the metrist and rhythmist the poem will be of interest from the first, and throughout.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges
In all this there is soothingness indeed, but no slumberous monotony; for Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer.
From Among My Books Second Series by James Russell Lowell
In his dramas Hugo used the alexandrine, but in his lyric poems, his wonderful resources as a metrist were exhibited to the utmost in the invention of the most bizarre, eccentric, and original verse forms.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
For the Greek poet was, as a metrist, thinking primarily of quantity, of the relative "timing" of his syllables, and the American of the relative "stress" of his syllables.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
As a metrist, therefore, Ramsay can claim little or no attention.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
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