versification

Meanings

Plural: versifications

Noun

• a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
• the form or metrical composition of a poem
• the art or practice of writing verse
• The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
• The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses

Related Words

lineation, verse, versificator, versificatrix, versifier, versify