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<metDecl>

<metDecl> documents the notation employed to represent a metrical pattern when this is specified as the value of a met, real, or rhyme attribute on any structural element of a metrical text (e.g. <lg>, <l>, or <seg>).
Attributes (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from declarable)
type indicates whether the notation conveys the abstract metrical form, its actual prosodic realization, or the rhyme scheme, or some combination thereof.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: One or more of the three attribute names met, real, or rhyme, separated by whitespace.
Default: met real
Example: 




	  

Note

		

By default, the <metDecl> element documents the
		  notation used for metrical pattern and realization.  It may also be used
		  to document the notation used for rhyme scheme information; if not
		  otherwise documented, the rhyme scheme notation defaults to the
		  traditional ‘abab’ notation.

	  		


	
	

	  pattern
specifies a regular expression defining any value that is
		legal for this notation.
	  
	  



Datatype: CDATA


	  



Values: the value must be a valid expression for the PATTERN keyword
		as defined in the TEI extended pointer notation
		(see section 14.2.2.14 The PATTERN Keyword).


	  



Default: #IMPLIED






Example: 
<metDecl pattern="( (1|0)+  \|? /? )* "/>
<metDecl pattern="((+-|-+)-+-+-+-+/)"/>




	  
	
  




  

Example


<metDecl id="ip" pattern="((+-|-+)-+-+-+-+/)">
   <symbol value="+">stressed syllable</symbol>
   <symbol value="-">unstressed syllable</symbol>
   <symbol value="/">metrical line boundary</symbol>
</metDecl>

	

This example is intended for the far more restricted case
	  typified by the Shakespearean iambic pentameter. Only metrical patterns
	  containing exactly ten syllables, alternately stressed and unstressed,
	  (except for the first two which may be in either order) to each
	  metrical line can be expressed using this notation.

  		


  

Note

	

The encoder may choose whether to define the notation
	  formally or informally. However, the two methods may not be mixed.

	

Only usable within the header if the verse base is enabled.

  		


  

Module
Declared in file teihdr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled


  

Class
declarable



  

Data Description
contains either a sequence of <symbol> elements
	or paragraphs. If one <symbol> is defined, then all the
	codes appearing within the pattern attribute should
	be documented, if the latter is specified.


  

May contain
ab addSpan alt altGrp anchor bibl biblFull biblStruct camera caption castList cb certainty cit delSpan eTree entry entryFree event fLib figure fs fsLib fvLib fw gap graph index interp interpGrp join joinGrp kinesic l label lb lg lg1 lg2 lg3 lg4 lg5 link linkGrp list listBibl milestone move note p pause pb q quote respons shift sound sp span spanGrp stage superEntry symbol table tech termEntry timeline tree u view vocal witDetail witList writing 




May occur within
encodingDesc 




Declaration

<!ELEMENT metDecl %om.RO;  ((%component.seq;) | (symbol+))> 
<!ATTLIST metDecl  
      %a.global;
      %a.declarable;
      type CDATA "met real"
      pattern CDATA #IMPLIED>




  

See further

5.3.8 The Metrical Declaration Element; 9.4 Rhyme and Metrical Analysis



  






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