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Prosody vs Declamation - What's the difference?

prosody | declamation |

As nouns the difference between prosody and declamation

is that prosody is (linguistics) the study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech while declamation is declamation.

prosody

English

(wikipedia prosody)

Noun

(prosodies)
  • (linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
  • (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

    • Derived terms

    * prosodic

    declamation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
  • A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
  • Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

    • Related terms

    * declaim * declamate * declamatory

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