versificationn.
/ˌvəːsᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌvərsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The action of composing verse; the art or practice of versifying.In Rolland Court of Venus (c1550) ii. 176 ‘Versification, meter’ should perhaps be read for ‘Versificat in meter’ of the text.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry
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metrificationc1450
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rhythming1582
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versinga1586
metredom1592
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the gay science1693
versemanship1762
rhymery1822
bard-craft1840
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1198 The order of writing an historie..came downe as one would say from the stately chariot of versification, to prose, and went a foot.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Versification, a making of Verses.
1706 A. Pope Corr. 22 Oct. (1956) I. 22 The Thoughts I have already sent you on the subject of English Versification.
1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. ii. 27 Camden affirms, that Aldhelm..taught his countrymen the art of Latin versification.
1790 W. Cowper Let. 13 Sept. (1982) III. 414 After perpetual versification during five years I find myself..reduced to read for my amusement.
1824 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 7 June How lamentably the art of versification is neglected by most of the poets of the present day!
1861 T. Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xx. 153 The southern ecclesiastics..adopted this new style of versification for their chant music.
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 3 You may teach a man the rules of versification or of melody.
2. The form or style in which the words in a poetical composition are arranged; the structure of poetry or verse; measure, metre.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun]
versification1693
magazine verse1885
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. iii Donn alone, of all our Countrymen, had your Talent; but was not happy enough to arrive at your Versification.
1720 J. Welwood Pref. to Rowe's Lucan p. xliii As to the Translation it self,..the Language is pure, and the Versification both musical and adapted to the subject.
1729 T. Cooke Tales 137 His Versifycation is mostly as faulty as his Sentiment.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 9 June 177 The versification of Rowe he thought too melodious for the stage.
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair Ded. p. ix I shall..take my chance once more with that versification, in which I have hitherto published nothing.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 139 Virgil was the great model, and his picturesque groups and flowing versification were imitated by many men of letters.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iii. 75 To make the versification as smooth and the sense as transparent as possible.
3. A poetical or metrical version of something.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > metrical version
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1821 Q. Rev. 25 36 Of this song we have been favoured with the following beautiful versification.
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 154 Many of his epigrams..are said to have been versifications of his own jokes.
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