Dictionary
pros•o•dy
Pronunciation: (pros'u-dē), [key]—
n.
1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification:
Milton's prosody.
3. Ling.the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
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