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Definition of Metrists
1. metrist [n] - See also: metrist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metrists
Literary usage of Metrists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Time in English Verse Rhythm: An Empirical Study of Typical Verses by the by Warner Brown (1908)
"CHAPTER IV TIME RELATIONS IN THE THEORIES OF THE metrists AND POETS THIS is no
place to go into details of literary disputes, but the opinions of some of ..."
2. The Modern Language Quarterly by Walter Wilson Greg (1903)
"... side of the Atlantic should waste their time and energies in editing perfectly
worthless copies of extant and accessible texts. WWG English metrists. ..."
3. The Psychology of Mentally Deficient Children by Naomi Norsworthy (1908)
"1 For a bibliography of metrists see Gayley and Scott, " An Introduction to the
Methods and Materials of Literary Criticism," Chap. 7, 1899; Omond, T. 8., ..."
4. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"It is rightly held by most metrists that there is a deliberately produced
coincidence of ictus and accent in the last two feet of the classical hexameter ..."
5. Chapters on English Metre by Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (1886)
"There still remain two points for consideration, the one the inconsistent results
obtained by the old metrists, the other the challenge offered to explain ..."
6. The Principles of English Verse by Charlton Miner Lewis (1906)
"metrists usually say that the pyrrhic is sometimes admitted in iambic verse; and
some leading authorities point out that it generally is found with a ..."
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