## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# metrical

`metrical` | defines a set of attributes which certain elements may use to represent metrical information.
Member of classes | (none)
Members | divn [div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 lg lg1 lg2 lg3 lg4 lg5] l seg [c cl m phr s seg w]

Declaration

    <!ENTITY % a.metrical '
          met CDATA %INHERITED;
          real CDATA #IMPLIED
          rhyme CDATA #IMPLIED'>

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes)

`met` | contains a user-specified encoding for the conventional metrical structure of the element.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: May contain either a standard term for the kind of metrical unit (e.g. ‘hexameter’) or an encoded representation for the metrical pattern (e.g. ‘+--+-+-+-+-’). In either case, the notation used should be documented by a `<metDecl>` element within the `<encodingDesc>` of the associated header.
| Default: %INHERITED;
Note | Where this attribute is not specified, the metrical pattern for the element concerned is understood to be inherited from its parent.

`real` | contains a user-specified encoding for the actual realization of the conventional metrical structure applicable to the element.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: May contain either a standard term for the kind of metrical unit (e.g. ‘hexameter’) or an encoded representation for the metrical pattern (e.g. ‘+--+-+-+-+-’). In either case, the notation used should be documented by a `<metDecl>` element within the `<encodingDesc>` of the associated header.
| Default: #IMPLIED
Note | Where this attribute is not specified, the metrical realization for the element concerned is understood to be identical to that specified or implied for the `met` attribute.
`rhyme` | specifies the rhyme scheme applicable to a group of verse lines.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: By default, the rhyme scheme is expressed as a string of alphabetic characters each corresponding with a rhyming line. Any non-rhyming lines should be represented by a hyphen or an X. Alternative notations may be defined as for `met` by use of the `<metDecl>` element in the TEI header.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

    <lg rhyme='ABABABCC'> <!-- ... --> </lg>

Note | When the default notation is used, it does not make sense to specify this attribute on any unit smaller than a line. Nor does the default notation provide any way to record internal rhyme, or to specify non-conventional rhyming practice. These extensions would require user-defined alternative notations.

Module Declared in file teiclas2.ent; Declared in file teivers2.ent; Base tag set for Verse: enabled by TEI.verse
See further 9.4 Rhyme and Metrical Analysis

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