prosody

Prosody is the study of the style and structure of poetry.

(noun)

An example of prosody is the romantic style of Lord Byron's poetry.

See prosody in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the science or art of versification, including the study of metrical structure, stanza forms, etc.
a particular system or style of versification and metrical structure: Dryden's prosody

Origin: ME prosodye < L prosodia < Gr prosōidia, tone, accent, song sung to music < pros, to + ōidē, song: see ode

See prosody in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. pros·o·dies

Origin:

Origin: Middle English prosodie

Origin: , from Latin prosōdia, accent

Origin: , from Greek prosōidiā, song sung to music, accent

Origin: : pros-, pros-

Origin: + ōidē, song; see ode

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