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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
versification
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In this volume Storni skilfully explored the many possibilities of recreating meaning in rhythm by means of freer versification.
▪ Since there is a limited scope for polished versification of good sense and elegant learning, poetry declines towards extinction.
▪ The pastoral names of the characters and the type of versification employed correspond to the rustic mood.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Versification

Versification \Ver`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. versificatio: cf. F. versification.] The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
versification

c.1600, from Latin versificationem (nominative versificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of versificare (see versify).

Wiktionary
versification

n. (context poetry English) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.

WordNet
versification

  1. n. a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

  2. the form or metrical composition of a poem

  3. the art or practice of writing verse

Wikipedia
Versification

Versification may be

  • the art of making verses, see poetry
  • the theory of the phonetic structure of verse, see metre (poetry)
  • the rendition of a prose work into verse, especially of classical works during the Middle Ages, see medieval poetry
  • the subdivision of the books of the Bible into "verses", see Versification (Bible)

Usage examples of "versification".

For he followed not the example of those strong poets whom I preposed to him as a pattern, but formed versification of a flimsy and modern texture, to the compounding whereof was necessary small pains and less thought.

The versification sustains the solemn spirit which breathes throughout: it is peculiarly melodious.

For he followed not the example of those strong poets whom I preposed to him as a pattern, but formed versification of a flimsy and modern texture, to the compounding whereof was necessary small pains and less thought.

Which pleases all the critics, in spite of its bad versification, for it is a good poem, and Chapelain was a real poet though he wrote bad verses.

I found the abbe to be an impudent worthless fellow, whose only merit was a knack of versification.

Poetry (though for a schoolboy of that age I was above par in English versification, and had already produced two or three compositions which I may venture to say were somewhat above mediocrity, and which had gained me more credit than the sound good sense of my old master was at all pleased with), &ndash.

In his poetry he strives to embody the ideals proclaimed in his prose work, which are, first, to write nothing that is not moral and elevating in tone, and, second, to express himself in versification which is obedient to the laws of regular musical composition, in rhyme, rhythm, vowel assonance, alliteration, and phrasings.