metˈricize or metˈricise /-sīz/ transitive verb

To analyse the metre of

metˈrics singular noun

The art or science of versification (also metˈric)

metrificāˈtion noun

1. Metrical structure
2. The act of writing verse

metˈrifier noun

A versifier

metˈrist noun

1. A person skilled in the use of metre
2. A person who studies metre

metromāˈnia noun

A mania for writing verse

common metre

A quatrain in eights and sixes, of four and of three iambic feet alternately (also service metre, from its use in the metrical psalms, etc, and ballad metre, from its use in old ballads)

long metre

An octosyllabic quatrain, the four lines with four feet each

short metre

The quatrain in sixes, with the third line octosyllabic