metrist
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
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How to use metrist in a sentence
It readily appears that Chaucer was a great metrist, and bestowed many new forms of metre upon our literature.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes | Geoffrey ChaucerHe was our first great metrist, and has frequent references to his poetical art.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerAs a metrist, therefore, Ramsay can claim little or no attention.
Allan Ramsay | William Henry Oliphant SmeatonIn all this there is soothingness, indeed, but no slumberous monotony; for Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.Dryden, too, approves of Fairfax, considered at least as a metrist.
Early Theories of Translation | Flora Ross Amos
British Dictionary definitions for metrist
/ (ˈmɛtrɪst) /
prosody a person skilled in the use of poetic metre
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