# substitution

> poetic device; use of an alien metric foot in a line of otherwise regular metrical pattern

**Wikidata**: [Q4064723](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4064723)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_(poetry))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/substitution-q4064723


## References

1. Metzler Literatur Lexikon (2 ed.)