prosody

pros·o·dy  (prs-d)

n. pl. pros·o·dies

1. The study of the metrical structure of verse.

2. A particular system of versification.

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[Middle English prosodie, from Latin prosdia, accent, from Greek prosidi, song sung to music, accent : pros-, pros- + id, song; see ode.]

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pro·sodic (pr-sdk) adj.

pro·sodi·cal·ly adv.

proso·dist n.

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prosody [pross-a-dee]

Noun

1. the study of poetic metre and techniques

2. the vocal patterns in a language [Greek prosōidia song set to music]

prosodic adj
prosodist n

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prosody

1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification, as that of Dylan Thomas. — prosodist, n. — prosodie, prosodical, adj.

See also: Verse

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language inflection manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" intonation, pitch contour, modulation - rise and fall of the voice pitch caesura - a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line enjambement, enjambment - the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause stress, accent, emphasis - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" speech rhythm, rhythm - the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
	2.	prosody - (prosody) a system of versification poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines versification - the form or metrical composition of a poem cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse sprung rhythm - a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech
	3.	prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification metrics poetics - study of poetic works acatalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables Alexandrine - (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet catalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot hypercatalectic - (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm iambic - of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter" dactylic - of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter" spondaic - of or consisting of spondees; "spondaic hexameter" trochaic - of or consisting of trochees; "trochaic dactyl"