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PROSODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of poetic meter and the art of versification
Synonyms:
metrics; prosody
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prosody" is a kind of...):
poetics (study of poetic works)
Domain member category:
trochaic (of or consisting of trochees)
spondaic (of or consisting of spondees)
dactylic (of or consisting of dactyls)
iambic (of or consisting of iambs)
measured; metric; metrical (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)
foot; metrical foot; metrical unit ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)
beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
poetic rhythm; prosody; rhythmic pattern ((prosody) a system of versification)
hypercatalectic ((prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot)
catalectic ((prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot)
Alexandrine ((prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet)
acatalectic ((prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Synonyms:
inflection; prosody
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prosody" is a kind of...):
delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prosody"):
intonation; modulation; pitch contour (rise and fall of the voice pitch)
caesura (a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line)
enjambement; enjambment (the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause)
accent; emphasis; stress (the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch))
rhythm; speech rhythm (the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(prosody) a system of versification
Synonyms:
poetic rhythm; prosody; rhythmic pattern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prosody" is a kind of...):
versification (the form or metrical composition of a poem)
Domain category:
metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prosody"):
beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
sprung rhythm (a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech)
Holonyms ("prosody" is a part of...):
poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)
