Speech has its own rhythm, but it doesn't have the fixed metrical quality of music.
He had written boyish verses, such as write, and the constant practice in metrical translation had perfected his poetical form.
The first, second and fifth lines feature three, similar metrical feet.
The third and fourth feature two similar metrical feet.
His metrical version of that author has many touches of true poetry.
His theories concerning metrical modulation and structural logic have engaged the attention of our younger composers.
Non-metric approaches may not be as dependent on image quality as their metrical counterparts.
The old cowboy poetry always rhymed, and was marked by a heavy metrical pattern that matched the cadence of riding horseback.
British Dictionary definitions for metrical
metrical
/ˈmɛtrɪkəl/
adjective
1.
of or relating to measurement
2.
of or in poetic metre
Derived Forms
metrically, adverb
Word Origin and History for metrical
adj.
"pertaining to versification," early 15c., from Latin metricus "metrical," from Greek metrikos "of or for meter, metrical," from metron "poetic meter" (see meter (n.2)). Old English had meterlic in this sense.