5 June 2019
prosody
[ pros-uh-dee ]
noun
the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification:
Milton’s prosody.
Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
RELATED WORDS
poem, poetry, metrics
ORIGIN OF PROSODY
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin prosōdia < Greek prosōidía tone or accent, modulation of voice, song sung to music, equivalent to prós toward + ōid(ḗ) ode + -ia -y3
RELATED FORMS
pro·sod·ic [pruh-sod-ik] /prəˈsɒd ɪk/, pro·sod·i·cal, adjective
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PROSODY
As there is in Arithmetic a long division and a short division, so in Prosody is Quantity considered as long or short.
THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR|UNKNOWN
The appendix includes some fairly specialized content, notably under Numerals and Prosody.
A LATIN GRAMMAR FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES|GEORGE M. LANE
However—the Prosody and Serpent lectures are just finishing off and then I shall come to see you in the morning!
HORTUS INCLUSUS|JOHN RUSKIN
Prosody, the song of angels, and no earthly or inglorious theme.
RETROSPECTION AND INTROSPECTION|MARY BAKER EDDY
Today’s quote
If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
– Ray Bradbury
On this day
5 June 1967 – start of the Six Day War, when Israel attacked Egypt and Syria. During the six days of the War, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, West Bank and East Jerusalem, effectively doubling its size. Although Israel eventually withdrew from the Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula, it continues to controversially occupy Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem.
5 June 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, Presidential candidate and brother of JFK, shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian-born, Jordanian citizen. Kennedy died the following day. In an interview with David Frost in 1989, Sirhan stated that he opposed Kennedy’s support of Israel and plan to send 50 bombers to Israel to ‘obviously do harm to the Palestinians’. Sirhan was initially sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life in prison.
5 June 1989 – the ‘Tank Man’ halts a column of Chinese tanks in Beijing for more than half an hour, following protests in Tiananmen Square.
5 June 2000 – start of the Six Day War in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces, destroying a large part of the city.
5 June 2012 – death of Ray Bradbury, American fantasy, science-fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Author of Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes. The movie Butterfly Effect uses a similar theory to that described in Bradbury’s short-story A Sound of Thunder. In one scene, a Sound of Thunder pennant is hanging on the dormitory door of the main character, Evan. Michael Moore’s movie Fahrenheit 9/11 was named after Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury was not happy with this and pressured Moore to change the title, which Moore refused to do. Born 22 August 1920.