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Noun: prosody  pró-su-dee
  1. 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
     
  2. The patterns of stress and intonation in a language
    "The poet's mastery of prosody was evident in the rhythm of her verses";
    - inflection
     
  3. (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