prosody
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(noun) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
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Related Words: poetics |
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(noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
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Synonyms: inflection |
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Related Words: accent, accentuation, caesura, delivery, emphasis, intonation, manner of speaking, pitch contour, rhythm, speech, speech rhythm, stress |
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(noun) a system of versification |
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Synonyms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern |
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Related Words: beat, cadence, measure, meter, sprung rhythm, versification |
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