Found 2 items, similar to prosody.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prosody prosody n 1: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language [syn: inflection] 2: (prosody) a system of versification [syn: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern ] 3: the study of poetic meter and the art of versification [syn: metrics]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prosody Prosody \Pros"o*dy\, n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. ? a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; ? to + ? song, ode: cf. F. prosodie. See Ode.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition. [1913 Webster]