Množina: prosodies

ETYM Latin prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Greek, a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; pro to + ode song, ode: cf. French prosodie. Related to Ode.
1. The patterns of stress and intonation in a language; SYN. inflection.
2. The study of poetic meter and the art of versification.
Study of versification.
Study or art of versifying, especially of meter, rhyme and stanza-form; method of versifying.
The rhythm, intonation, and stress patterns of poetry. The term, now rather archaic, may also be applied to the rhythms of prose or speech.