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noun(prosody) a system of versification
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nounthe study of poetic meter and the art of versification
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nounthe patterns of stress and intonation in a language
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Definition that contains prosody
- beat (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- foot (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- measure (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- meter (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- metre (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- cadence (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- alexandrine (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
- acatalectic (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
- vedanga Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology
- metrical unit (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm