| Prosody (n.) The study of syllables, accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition. Thesaurus Entries Stabreim, accent, accentuation, alliterative meter, beat, cadence, emphasis, ictus, level of stress, lilt, measure, meter, metrical pattern, metrics, movement, number, numbers, primary stress, prosodic pattern, prosodics, quantitative meter, rhythm, rhythmic pattern, rhythmical stress, scanning, scansion, secondary stress, stress, stress accent, stress pattern, swing, syllabic meter, tertiary stress, vers libre, versification, weak stress |