mismetre

Updated: May 11, 2025

And, since there is so great diversity In English, and in writing of our tongue, I pray to God that none may miswrite thee Nor thee mismetre, for default of tongue, And wheresoe'er thou mayst be read or sung, That thou be understood, God I beseech. But in his versification he likewise adopted certain other practices which had no such origin or reason as those already referred to.

Sir Adolphus William Ward - Chaucer