prosody

The study of the metrical structure of verse.

A particular system of versification.

The set of speech variables, including rhythm, speed, pitch, and relative emphasis, that distinguish vocal patterns.

The science of the quantity of syllables and of pronunciation as affecting versification; in a wider sense, metrics, or the elements of metrics, considered as a part of grammar (see metrics, 2).

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

The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.

The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

(prosody) a system of versification

the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language