Noun: prosody pró-su-dee
- The study of poetic meter and the art of versification
"He taught a course on prosody, analysing the rhythmic patterns in Shakespeare's sonnets";
- metrics
- The patterns of stress and intonation in a language
"The poet's mastery of prosody was evident in the rhythm of her verses";
- inflection
- (prosody) a system of versification
"The prosody of a sonnet typically follows a specific pattern";
- poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern
Derived forms: prosodies
Type of: delivery, manner of speaking, poetics, speech, versification
Part of: poem, verse form
Encyclopedia: Prosody