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Prosody

noun

The patterns of stress and intonation in a language. Synonym: inflection.

(prosody) a system of versification. Synonyms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern.

The study of poetic meter and the art of versification. Synonym: metrics.

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"Prosody" Quotes from Famous Books

... of ever satisfactorily impressing their subtle distinctions on certain, shall we say athletic, imaginations. It seems I was wrong. I had not enough faith. I am sorry. It is evident that these Scylla and Charybdis of prosody have no longer any terrors for you, Lentz. ...

— The Varmint • Owen Johnson

... unmerited favour a charitable condescension of power that knew not very well if it ought to be so kind to a being so unprotected, yes, I obtained—the office of usher! The honour of mechanically hearing declensions, conjugations, and rules of syntax and prosody, repeated by beings who detested the labour to which they were compelled, was conferred upon me! beings who looked on me, not as a benefactor, but as a tyrant! And tyrants all teachers indubitably are, under our present modes ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

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