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beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
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sprung rhythm
a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech
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catalexis
the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
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scansion
analysis of verse into metrical patterns
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common measure, common meter
the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
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foot, metrical foot, metrical unit
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm