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non-metrical
adjective
literature specialized(alsononmetrical)uk /ˌnɒnˈmet.rɪkəl/ us /ˌnɑːnˈmet.rɪkəl/
not written in metre(= the regular arrangement of syllables in poetry according to the number and type of beats in a line):
She made her debut with a twenty-line poem written in non-metrical verse.
Walt Whitman is considered one of the first American masters of nonmetrical poetry.
Except for the poem's iambic trimeter opening, the lines are nonmetrical.
The poet enjoyed the freedom of writing lines that were nonmetrical and not having to worry about whether they fit a certain number of syllables.
She feels that scholars tend to neglect the study of non-metrical poetry almost as much as they do rhythmic prose.
She enjoys reading the nonmetrical verse of Carl Sandburg.
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