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prosody

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɒzədi/Part of speech nounSorted dooprsyStarts with PEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

Word origin

From Middle French prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

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  • The aim of this book is to answer the question WHAT DID GREEK PROSODY SOUND LIKE? The study of prosody stands at the intersection of a number of quite disparate disciplines, as illustrated in the diagram overleaf.
  • But the system of prosody in Samson plainly forbids extrametrical syllables in the midst of the line, and there is certainly no other example.

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