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Definition of Prosody
1. Noun. The patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
Generic synonyms: Delivery, Manner Of Speaking, Speech
Specialized synonyms: Intonation, Modulation, Pitch Contour, Caesura, Enjambement, Enjambment, Accent, Emphasis, Stress, Rhythm, Speech Rhythm
Derivative terms: Inflect
2. Noun. (prosody) a system of versification.
Category relationships: Metrics
Group relationships: Poem, Verse Form
Generic synonyms: Versification
Specialized synonyms: Beat, Cadence, Measure, Meter, Metre, Sprung Rhythm
3. Noun. The study of poetic meter and the art of versification.
Generic synonyms: Poetics
Examples of category: Acatalectic, Alexandrine, Catalectic, Hypercatalectic, Poetic Rhythm, Rhythmic Pattern, Beat, Cadence, Measure, Meter, Metre, Foot, Metrical Foot, Metrical Unit, Measured, Metric, Metrical, Iambic, Dactylic, Spondaic, Trochaic
Definition of Prosody
1. n. That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
Definition of Prosody
1. Noun. (linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech. ¹
2. Noun. (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prosody
1. the study of poetical forms [n -DIES] : PROSODIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosody
Literary usage of Prosody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII prosody from Chaucer to Spenser IN the short summary or survey of
the progress of English prosody which was given towards the end of the first ..."
2. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"CHAPTER III prosody AND DICTION "THE poets from Dryden to Johnson," writes Mr.
Saintsbury, "knocked a real sense of regular rhythm into the English head. ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"THOUGHTS OX ENGLISH prosody, Every one knows the difference between verse and
prose in his nati\-e language: nor does he r*xxi the aid of prosody to enable ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"They were attempted in France.2 But French had for centuries possessed a perfectly
well-defined system of prosody, adapted and adequate to the needs and ..."
5. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"VERSE AND THE NEW COUPLET The central period of English prosody— Distribution of
Caroline poetry — Milton — His life — The earlier poems ..."
6. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"These arguments are concerned with two main topics, the reconstruction of English
prosody—the 'reform of English versifying ..."
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