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