metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms

decimeter, decimetre, dm - a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, dam - a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification

catalexis - the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a verse

scansion - analysis of verse into metrical patterns

common meter, common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad

metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

rhythmicity - the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music