non-metrical
adjective
literaturespecialized(alsononmetrical)uk/ˌnɒnˈmet.rɪkəl/us/ˌnɑːnˈmet.rɪkəl/not written inmetre(= theregulararrangementofsyllablesinpoetryaccordingto thenumberandtypeofbeatsin aline):
She made herdebutwith a twenty-linepoemwritten in non-metricalverse.
Walt Whitman isconsideredone of the first Americanmastersof nonmetricalpoetry.
- Except for the poem'siambictrimeteropening, thelinesare nonmetrical.
- Thepoetenjoyedthefreedomof writinglinesthat were nonmetrical and not having toworryabout whether theyfitacertainnumberofsyllables.
- Shefeelsthatscholarstendtoneglectthestudyof non-metricalpoetryalmostas much as they dorhythmicprose.
- Sheenjoysreadingthe nonmetricalverseof Carl Sandburg.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy