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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No other metre allows of anything like the variety of blank verse in this regard, and no other metrist makes so splendid a use of its freedom.
From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
For, skilful and accomplished metrist as he was, it was only by dint of "repeated experiments and intense mental effort" that he achieved those results in which his art appears most artless.
From A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Byron, May Clarissa Gillington
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 Lowell, James Russell
As has been pointed out above,544 Massinger is a strict metrist, and does not often resort to this liberty, even in rapid conversation.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
His verse was not the heroic line of ten syllables, chosen by most of the standard translators, but the long fourteen-syllabled measure, which degenerates easily into sing-song in the hands of a feeble metrist.
From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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