metrical
Having measured rhythm
Metrical means organized according to meter—a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
A metrical foot is the basic unit of such patterns: iambs, trochees, dactyls.
The poem's metrical structure gives it a hymn-like quality.
More broadly, metrical can mean relating to measurement, though metric has largely absorbed that sense.
Verse rhythm type
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
- tetrameterFour-foot poetic line
- trimeterThree metrical feet
dimeter · scansion · foot · stress · syllable · quantitative · prosody · caesura
Two-syllable metrical foot
Standard of measurement
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
accuracy · standard · unit · interval · division · systematic · regulated · proportion
iambic
Verse rhythm type
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
- tetrameterFour-foot poetic line
trimeter · dimeter · scansion · foot · stress · syllable · quantitative · prosody · caesura · enjambment
iamb
Two-syllable metrical foot
gauge
Standard of measurement
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
precision · accuracy · standard · unit · interval · division · systematic · regulated · proportion · ratio
metricalfree verse
Poetry without fixed structure
prose · unmeasured · arrhythmic · unrhythmic · unrhythmical
metricalunmeasured
Not quantified or gauged
qualitative · unquantified · approximate · imprecise · informal
- metric systemDecimal-based measurement standard
- metric unitsDecimal-based measurement standards
- metric tonThousand-kilogram mass unit
- metric conversionChanging between measurement standards
- metric prefixScale indicator for measurements
- metric volumeCapacity in SI units