melopoeia

• She had that singing, labored diction, that monotonous melopoeia which seems to have been dear to the least poetic people in the world since the days of the Champmesle and the Hotel de Bourgogne . —  Jean-Christophe, Vol. I
• This was the art of animating a poetic idea by means of melopoeia; which Wagner later developed still further. —  Style in Singing
• That odd melopoeia was executed standing, with the eyes fixed, the eyebrows crumpled, the brow knit, and with an appearance of effort. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
• She had that singing, labored diction, that monotonous melopoeia which seems to have been dear to the least poetic people in the world since the days of the —  Jean-Christophe, Volume I
• The bitter strophes of this lament seem to be cadenced by the Mediterranean itself and to be in rhythm, like its melopoeia. —  Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories

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