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That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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  1. n. That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
  2. n. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  3. n. (prosody) a system of versification
  4. n. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
  5. That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
  6. That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables,of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
  7. n:100 n. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language n. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification