Measure

Of prosody and prosody.   May also be referred to as beat, cadence, meter and metre.

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse.

This concept's ID is @1~37899

Contains

  • foot 7 facts

    (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.

  • catalexis 1 facts

    The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.

  • scansion 0 facts

    Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.

  • common measure 0 facts

    The usual (iambic) meter of a ballad.