Prosody

Pros″o‐dy (?), n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. � a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; � to + � song, ode: cf. F. prosodie. See Ode.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.