prosody
61huitain — ▪ prosody French verse form consisting of an eight line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line. The form was written on three rhymes (rhyme), one of which appeared four times. Typical rhyme schemes were ababbcbc and abbaacac. The… …
62In Memoriam stanza — ▪ prosody a quatrain in iambic tetrameter (tetrameter) with a rhyme scheme of abba. The form was named for the pattern used by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron) in his poem In Memoriam, which, following an 11… …
63introverted quatrain — ▪ prosody a quatrain having an enclosed rhyme. An example of an introverted quatrain is the In Memoriam stanza (named for the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson), which has an abba rhyme scheme. An introverted stanza may also be called an… …
64kyrielle — ▪ prosody French“repeated series of words or phrases” a French verse form in short, usually octosyllabic, rhyming couplets (couplet). The couplets are often paired in quatrains and are characterized by a refrain that is sometimes a single… …
65Monk's Tale stanza — ▪ prosody a stanza of eight five stress lines with the rhyme scheme ababbcbc. The type was established in “The Monk s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales. It bears some similarity to the French ballade form and is one of the… …
66short metre — ▪ prosody also called short measure , abbreviation S.M. a quatrain of which the first, second, and fourth lines are in iambic trimeter and the third is in iambic tetrameter (tetrameter). Short metre may also refer to a poulter s measure… …
67Leonines — Prosody Leonine verse. → Leonine …
68prosodic — prosody ► NOUN 1) the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry. 2) the theory or study of these patterns, or the rules governing them. 3) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language. DERIVATIVES prosodic adjective prosodist noun.… …
69prosodist — prosody ► NOUN 1) the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry. 2) the theory or study of these patterns, or the rules governing them. 3) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language. DERIVATIVES prosodic adjective prosodist noun.… …
70Prosodic unit — Minor (foot) break Major (intonation) break | ‖ IPA number …
