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The study of poetic meter and the art of versification (synset 106179741)
associated with:
- acatalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
- alexandrine - (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
- catalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
- hypercatalectic - (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
- poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern - (prosody) a system of versification
- beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- foot, metrical foot, metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- measured, metric, metrical - the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
- iambic - of or consisting of iambs
- dactylic - of or consisting of dactyls
- spondaic - of or consisting of spondees
- trochaic - of or consisting of trochees
is a type of: poetics - study of poetic workssame as: prosody
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