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Prosody vs Poesy - What's the difference?

prosody | poesy |

As nouns the difference between prosody and poesy

is that prosody is (linguistics) the study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech while poesy is (rare|or|archaic).

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

    poesy

    English

    Alternative forms

    *poesie *

    Noun

    (poesies)
  • A poem.
  • *, II.10:
  • *:I know not well how to excuse him, in that hee deemed his Poesie worthy to be published.

    • Synonyms

    * poetry * verse

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