versification

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

versification
    n 1: 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "versification":
      Stabreim, alliterative meter, ars poetica, measure, meter,
      metrical pattern, metrics, numbers, poetcraft, poetic justice,
      poetic language, poetic license, poeticism, poetics,
      prosodic pattern, prosody, quantitative meter, scanning, scansion,
      syllabic meter, vers libre, versecraft, versemaking

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