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Noun: versification  ,vur-su-fi'key-shun
  1. The art or practice of writing verse
    "The workshop focused on improving students' versification skills"
     
  2. The form or metrical composition of a poem
    "The sonnet's versification follows a strict pattern of fourteen lines"
     
  3. A metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
    "The author created a versification of the ancient myth"

Derived forms: versifications

Type of: adaptation, authorship, composition, form, penning, version, writing

Encyclopedia: Versification