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Prosody

British pronunciation/pɹˈɒsədi/
American pronunciation/ˈpɹɑsədi/
Prosody
[NOUN]
1

(phonetics) a subdivision of phonetics dealing with stress and intonation

synonyms : inflection
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2

the systematic study of metrical structures and sounds in poetry

synonyms : metrics
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3

(prosody) a system of versification

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Examples
1I love prosody.
2They develop prosody.
3Then prosody.
4Well-read people call it prosody.
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