prosody
41alexandrine Prosody — [ˌalɪg zα:ndrɪn, ʌɪn] adjective (of a line of verse) having six iambic feet. noun an alexandrine line. Origin C16: from Fr. alexandrin, from Alexandre referring to Alexander the Great, the subject of an OFr. poem in this metre …
42dactylic Prosody — adjective of or using dactyls. noun (dactylics) dactylic verse …
43galliambic Prosody — [ˌgalɪ ambɪk] adjective relating to or written in a metre consisting of two catalectic iambic dimeters. noun galliambic verse. Origin C19: from L. galliambus, a song of the Galli (name given to priests of Cybele) + ic …
44trochaic Prosody — [trə(ʊ) keɪɪk] adjective consisting of or featuring trochees. noun (trochaics) trochaic verse …
45Bridge (prosody) — A bridge in poetic meter is a point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur …
46Biceps (prosody) — Biceps is a point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (brevia). It is found in the dactylic hexameter and the dactylic pentameter.It is not to be confused with resolution, which …
47Arabic prosody — ʿArūḍ or Arud (Arabic: العروض al ʿarūḍ) is what Arabic people call the Science of Poetry (Arabic: علم الشعر ʿilm aš šiʿr). Its laws were put by old poet Al Farahidi (786 718 of the Islamic calendar) who did so in response to many younger poets… …
48Diaeresis (prosody) — For other uses, see Diaeresis (disambiguation). In poetic meter, diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrɨ …
49On (Japanese prosody) — On (音) is Japanese for sound . It is used to mean the phonetic units counted in haiku, tanka and other such poetic forms. Known as morae to English speaking linguists, the modern Japanese term for the linguistic concept is hyōon moji (表音文字).[1]… …
50pros. — prosody …
