adaptation, version - a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

form - an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"

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

rhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"