versification

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses

Translations

στιχουργία

στιχοποιία

Versbau

Kunst des Waka-Dichtens

Schreiben von Lyrik

Versform

نظم الشعر

Etymology

From verse + -ification.

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