Metrical writing is poetry — or song words — built with a pattern of strong and weak beats, like a drum you can tap. In English we often feel this as da-DUM da-DUM, or another regular pattern.

Metrical writing格律詩的寫作 is poetry是詩──or song words或歌詞──built with a pattern of strong and weak beats用強拍和弱拍的規律模式寫成的，like a drum you can tap就像你可以打拍子的鼓。in English在英文裡 we often feel this我們常把這種感覺 as da-DUM da-DUM當成da-DUM da-DUM，or another regular pattern或另一種規律的模式。

A metrical line has that beat on purpose; free verse does not. Teachers call the study of these beats metre (American spelling meter).

A metrical line一句格律詩的詩行 has that beat on purpose故意帶有那種節拍；free verse does not自由詩則沒有。Teachers老師們 call the study of these beats把這些節拍的研究 metre稱為metre (American spelling meter)（美式拼法是meter）。

You will see metrical in literature class far more than in the street. Hymns and older poems are often metrical; many modern poems are not.

You will see metrical你會看到metrical這個字 in literature class在文學課上 far more than遠比 in the street在街頭上（常見得多）。Hymns and older poems聖詩和較舊的詩 are often metrical常常是格律詩；many modern poems許多現代詩 are not則不是。

Though actually, this word is easy to mix with metric, the system of metres and kilograms. Metrical here has nothing to do with measuring a table. It is about the counted rhythm inside a line, not about science class.

Though actually不過其實，this word這個字 is easy to mix with很容易搞混 metric, the system of metres and kilograms公制（公尺和公斤的那套系統）。Metrical here這裡的metrical has nothing to do with跟...沒有關係 measuring a table量桌子。It is about說的是 the counted rhythm inside a line詩行裡數得出來的節奏，not about而不是 science class科學課。