POETIC RHYTHM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poetic rhythm mean? 

• POETIC RHYTHM (noun)
  The noun POETIC RHYTHM has 1 sense:

1. (prosody) a system of versification

  Familiarity information: POETIC RHYTHM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POETIC RHYTHM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(prosody) a system of versification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

poetic rhythm; prosody; rhythmic pattern

Hypernyms ("poetic rhythm" is a kind of...):

versification (the form or metrical composition of a poem)

Domain category:

metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poetic rhythm"):

beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

sprung rhythm (a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech)

Holonyms ("poetic rhythm" is a part of...):

poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)