metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification

catalexis - the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a verse

scansion - analysis of verse into metrical patterns

common meter, common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad

metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition

amen cadence, plagal cadence - a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic

rhythmicity - the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music