versification

Definitions of versification
  1. noun
    study of poetic works
    synonyms: metrique
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    études littéraires
    the humanistic study of literature
  2. noun
    the form or metrical composition of a poem
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    prosodie
    (prosody) a system of versification
    rime
    correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
    cadence, mesure, mètre
    (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    rime intérieure
    a rhyme between words in the same line
    allitération
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
    assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
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