Crossword-Solution: VERSIFICATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Versification | n. | The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “VERSIFICATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| METRICALS, study subject of | 1 answer |
| Metrical structure | 1 answer |
| the making of verses | 1 answer |
| prosody | 12 answers |
| Poetry | 20 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with VERSIFICATION (5)
She has reached, in this soliloquy, high ground:-- “If you loved only what were worth your love, Love were clear gain, and wholly well for you: Make the low nature better by your throes! GIVE EARTH YOURSELF, GO UP FOR GAIN ABOVE!” The versification of the first stanza of this section is very lovely, and subtly responsive to the feeling.
And, second, in a time when English versification was particularly stiff, lame, and feeble, and words were used with ultra-academical timidity, he wrote verses that were easy, racy, graphic, and forcible, and used language with absolute tact and courage as it seemed most fit to give a clear impression.
But I found the publishers as intractable as ever, and to this day the public has never had an opportunity of doing justice to the glowing fire of my ballad versification, and the alliterative euphony of my imitations of Ab Gwilym.
And in the meantime, here is an antidote to ‘French Conscripts’ and much other doleful versification.
Wither was frequently equal to Lovelace in poetical imagery and sentiment, and he far excelled him in versification.
Quotes with VERSIFICATION (1)
Versification is, indeed, indispensable for music, but rhyme, solely for rhyming's sake, most pernicious.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1972).