<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:
type indicates whether the notation conveys the abstract metrical form, its actual prosodic realization, or the rhyme scheme, or some combination thereof.
Datatype: NAMES
Values: One or more of the three attribute names met , real , or rhyme .
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 ).
Default: #IMPLIED
Example: 
 <metDecl pattern= '( (1|0)+  \|? /? )* ' >
 <metDecl pattern= '((+-|-+)-+-+-+-+/)'
Note
Example 
   <metDecl id=ip pattern= '((+-|-+)-+-+-+-+/)'
        <symbol value='+'>stressed syllable
        <symbol value='-'>unstressed syllable
        <symbol value='/'>metrical line boundary
   </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.

Tagsetbase tag set for TEI headers
Classdeclarable
Filenameteihdr2
Content: 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.
ParentsencodingDesc
ChildrenTEI...end ab bibl biblFull biblStruct camera caption castList cit eTree entry entryFree event graph kinesic l label lg lg1 list listBibl move note p pause q quote shift sound sp stage superentry symbol tech termEntry tree u view vocal witDetail witList writing
Declaration
<!ELEMENT metDecl       - O  ((%component.seq) | (symbol+))     >
<!ATTLIST metDecl            %a.global
                             %a.declarable
          type               NAMES               "MET REAL"
          pattern            CDATA               #IMPLIED       >
See 5.3.8 ; 9.4

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