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1. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | poetics, |
definition | : | study of poetic works (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | acatalectic, |
definition | : | (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | alexandrine, |
definition | : | (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | catalectic, |
definition | : | (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | hypercatalectic, |
definition | : | (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre, |
definition | : | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | foot, metrical foot, metrical unit, |
definition | : | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | iambic, |
definition | : | of or consisting of iambs (adj.pert) |
domain member category | : | dactylic, |
definition | : | of or consisting of dactyls (adj.pert) |
domain member category | : | spondaic, |
definition | : | of or consisting of spondees (adj.pert) |
domain member category | : | trochaic, |
definition | : | of or consisting of trochees (adj.pert) |
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