韵律 (yùn lǜ) — rhythm (in poetry, music, or speech); prosody; rules of rhyming and meter; rhyme scheme; metrical pattern
Definition
Literary term for the rhythmic patterns of verse and speech — meter, rhyme scheme, and cadence. Pairs with 节奏 (general rhythm in music/movement) but applies specifically to poetry's formal patterns of sound.
noun
rhythm (in poetry, music, or speech)prosodyrules of rhyming and meterrhyme schememetrical pattern
Examples
- 韵律，。Zhè shǒu shī de yùn lǜ fēi cháng yōu měi, dú qǐ lái lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu.The rhythm of this poem is very beautiful and reads smoothly.
- 韵律。Gǔ diǎn shī cí jiǎng jiu yùn lǜ yǔ duì zhàng.Classical poetry emphasizes prosody and parallelism.
- 韵律，。Xiàn dài zì yóu shī suī rán zài xíng shì shàng bú shòu yùn lǜ xiàn zhì, dàn yī rán zhù zhòng nèi zài jié zòu.Although modern free verse is not constrained by rhyme schemes, it still pays attention to internal rhythm.
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