prosody

[ProsĀ·o*dy]

Prosody is the rhythm and sounds used in poetry. Kids who can freestyle rap fit the prosody of their words to a rhythm that's already laid down.

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That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

Noun
the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

Noun
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Noun
(prosody) a system of versification


n.
That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.


Prosody

Pros"o*dy , n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; to + song, ode: cf. F. prosodie. See Ode.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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