poetic cadence
Metrical flow pattern
Poetic cadence is the rhythmic flow or musical quality of verse—the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives poetry its beat.
Beyond technical meter, cadence captures how a poem feels when read aloud: its rises and falls, its pace and pauses.
The poet's cadence echoed Biblical prose.
The term extends to any writing with rhythmic grace.
- caesuraPause within a line
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- iambicVerse rhythm type
- spondeeDouble-stress metrical unit
- euphonyPleasant arrangement of sounds
trochaic · sprung rhythm · stanza · rhyme · pyrrhic · enjambment · scansion · alliteration · anapestic · prosody · stress pattern · couplet · lyrical · assonance · dactylic · lilt · pulse · accent
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