1. Noun
The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.
2. Noun
the form or metrical composition of a poem
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
3. Noun
a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
Vocabulary classified under Word origins
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