Specialist dictionary

Prosody

Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.

Core vocabulary

35 featured terms

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Enjambementnoun

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

Enjambmentnoun

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

Scansionnoun

analysis of verse into metrical patterns

Beatnoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Cadencenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Footnoun

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Measurenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Meternoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Metrenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Metrical footnoun

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Metrical unitnoun

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Inflectionnoun

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Prosodynoun

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Amphibrachnoun

a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., ‘remember’)

Anapaestnoun

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Anapestnoun

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Dactylnoun

a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

Iambnoun

a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

Iambusnoun

a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

Pyrrhicnoun

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

Spondeenoun

a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

Trocheenoun

a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

Accentnoun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

Caesuranoun

a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

Emphasisnoun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

Intonationnoun

rise and fall of the voice pitch

Modulationnoun

rise and fall of the voice pitch

Rhythmnoun

the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"

Speech rhythmnoun

the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"

Stressnoun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

Accentuationnoun

the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance

Dronenoun

an unchanging intonation

Droningnoun

an unchanging intonation

Monotonenoun

an unchanging intonation

Singsongnoun

a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation