unmetrical

First, a fair number of writers of unmetrical verse that I see in critique groups have been misled by that analogy.

“But I Have 2008

The former has in composition, metrical or unmetrical three distinct forms.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Its wrenched accents and slurred syllables sometimes appear absolutely unmetrical, but it seems that Donne generally followed subtle rhythmical ideas of his own.

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

At ix 108 it reads _fato_ for _facto_, at ix 130 it has the false and unmetrical spelling _praeces_, at ix 132 it has _misscelite_ for _misi caelite_, at xii 17 it reads _lati_ for _dilati_, and at xii 19 _naia_ for _nota_.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

It occurs twice in the book -- once in the itinerary, and again in a trifling and unmetrical song, which is probably the duke's own composition; written probably on the eve of his flight with his romantic but guilty companion to Holland: --

Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 Various

Query, Is the medal referred to by Voltaire known to exist? and if so, is the substitution of the unmetrical and prosaic word _copias_ due to the author of the medal, or to Voltaire himself?

Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 Various

The inverse error occurs at _Her_ VI 32, where most manuscripts have the unmetrical _aeripedes_ for _aenipedes_.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

_Aenea_ therefore continued to be the accepted reading until 1873, when Haupt (_Opuscula_ 584) pointed out that it was unmetrical, and restored _aerea_, found in some manuscripts.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

I take _qua_ to be an unmetrical form corrupted from the rare form _quae_ of the indefinite adjective.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

= Restored by Heinsius from the manuscripts 'unmetrical SYRACVSIA, as at _Fast_ VI 277.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid