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Nov 29, 2009
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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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