1867 75 525/1 It is in the very nature of Prose to be non-metrical.
1911 33 319 This condition is the non-metrical equivalent of a condition stated by G. Ascoli in the usual metric terms.
1933 A. N. Whitehead viii. 142 Geometry, developed in this fashion, has been termed ‘Non-metrical Projective Geometry’.
1993 (BNC) 2 This view..has meant that the study of non-metrical verse and of rhythmic prose has been neglected.