speech rhythm

speech rhythm
noun
the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
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the rhythm of Frost's poetry

Syn: ↑rhythm
Hypernyms: ↑prosody, ↑inflection, ↑template, ↑templet, ↑guide

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