prosody
- noun
- /ˈprɒsədi/
- Literature
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prosodia
- Mrs. Miles's lines are rendered in a restless pentameter that both evokes and strains the most authoritative line in English prosody.
- linguistic prosody
- English prosody
Examples
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Setting this mystical alertness down as poetry—dressing it in stanzas, line lengths, and rhythm—requires the unmystical means of prosody.
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The analysis focused on the prosody of Shakespeare's sonnets, showcasing their unique rhythmic patterns.
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If Nabokov had been writing a treatise on English prosody, it would not have led him to write the poem in Pale Fire.
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We must also grant that versification is shaped to serve verse rhythm and that linguistic prosody in itself is a verse experience.
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Linguistic prosody, versification, rhythm, and verse experience are separate, yet interdependent aspects of verse study.
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If Swinburne were applying the conventions of classical prosody, he would assign them twice the duration of a short syllable.
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Frost faced off against the prosodic fetishism of his time, undermining prosody's function as a guarantor of genre and legibility.
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The teacher explained how prosody affects the meaning of a poem when read aloud.
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In her lecture on poetry, she emphasized the importance of prosody in understanding rhythm and meter.
Synonyms
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3.9
A pattern of strong and weak beats in speech, especially in poetry
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6.0
A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem or song
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5.6
A regular pattern of strong and weak syllables in a poem
A pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem that makes it sound musical
A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem
The study of the rhythm of poems and how to write poems with a regular beat
Writing poems with careful attention to rhythm and lines
How Rhythmic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prosody comes from Greek parts pros- 'towards' and oidē 'song', the same root as ode. That's why prosody in poetry means the rhythm, meter and sound that make a poem feel like a song and give it shape.