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  • Prosody is an important aspect of presidential (” authoritative”, not “made by a president”) addresses as well.

    Barack’s Prosody Problem: A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Prosody, which isn't quite as mature as some of the other options, but is extremely lightweight and easy to extend.

    Ars Technica Ryan Paul 2011

  • Prosody, which isn't quite as mature as some of the other options, but is extremely lightweight and easy to extend.

    Ars Technica Ryan Paul 2011

  • Prosody, which isn't quite as mature as some of the other options, but is extremely lightweight and easy to extend.

    Ars Technica Ryan Paul 2011

  • The last foot of every odd line is called 'Arúz (fem. in contradistinction of Arúz in the sense of Prosody which is masc.), pl.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • She was one of the original co-hosts of "Prosody," a long-running radio program devoted to poetry and contemporary literature that has aired on WYEP-FM since

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • She was one of the original co-hosts of "Prosody," a long-running radio program devoted to poetry and contemporary literature that has aired on WYEP-FM since

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Arúz in the sense of Prosody which is masc.), pl. A’áiriz, that of every even line is called Zarb, pl. Azrub, and the remaining feet may be termed Hashw (stuffing), although in stricter parlance a further distinction is made between the first foot of every odd and even line as well.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The Book of Proverbs, The Book of Jonah, and Job, for instance, are beautifully rendered long poems that one imagines to have been written with a clear sense of Hebraic Prosody.

    Song of Songs : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • In 1965, Harper-Collins published what became one of the standards in the field of metrics -- A Prosody Handbook.

    THE PROSODY HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO POETIC FORM by ROBERT BEUM & KARL SHAPIRO EILEEN 2009

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