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Type Words
Type of adaptation, version
Derivation versify
Type Words
Type of composition, penning, writing, authorship
Derivation versify
Type Words
Type of form
Has types prosody, rhyme, rhythmic pattern, rime, poetic rhythm
Derivation versify

Examples of versification

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His diction is pure, his style correct, his versification smooth though monotonous.
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In fact, Tolstoy, as I. Yampolsky pointed out, was a master of versification.
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Some English translations have minor versification differences compared with the KJV.
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His versification, and especially his rhyming technique, remain in top form to the end.
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The study of metres and forms of versification is known as prosody.
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Hazlitt also offers some reflections on Shakespeare's versification.
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But the very correctness of the versification renders it monotonous.
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Most critics have concluded that the sentiments are largely banal and the versification inept.
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The diction is distinguished by high poetic beauty and by a thorough mastery of versification.
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  • A metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
  • The form or metrical composition of a poem
  • The art or practice of writing verse
  • (versify) verse: compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
  • Versification is the process by which a text such as the Bible is divided into chapters and verses. The Bible was originally written without these, and thus versification forms part of the Bible's paratext.
  • (Versified) Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a contemptuous name often applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications of unwarranted pretentions to artistic value. The word was coined in Latin by Erasmus in 1521. ...
  • Generally, the structural form of a verse, as revealed by scansion. Identification of verse structure includes the name of the metrical type and the name designating number of feet:
  • The system of rhyme and meter in poetry.
  • The art of writing verses, especially with regard to meter and rhythm. The term versification can also refer to a particular metrical structure or style or to a version in verse of something originally written in prose. ...