metrical structure

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Noun[edit]

metrical structure (countable and uncountable, plural metrical structures)

  1. The pattern of the beats in a piece of music, which includes meter, tempo, and all other rhythmic aspects.
  2. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

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