1. The patterns of stress and intonation in a language
   - inflection 
2. (prosody) a system of versification
   - poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern 
3. The study of poetic meter and the art of versification
   - metrics

Derived forms: prosodies

See also: prosodic

Type of: delivery, manner of speaking, poetics, speech, versification

Part of: poem, verse form

Encyclopedia: Prosody

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