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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hexameter | /x/x | Noun |
| metrical | /xx | Adjective |
| prosody | /xx | Noun |
| pentameter | x/xx | Noun |
| versification | xxx/x | Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| rhyme | / | Noun |
| poetics | x/x | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| punctuation | xx/x | Noun |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| syllabic | x/x | Adjective |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| alliteration | x/xxx | Noun |
| rhythm | /x | Noun |
| elision | x/x | Noun |
| syllables | /xx | Noun |
| sonnet | /x | Noun |
| eclogues | xx | Noun |
| prosodic | x/x | Adjective |
| recitation | xx/x | Noun |
| wordplay | /x | Noun |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| enunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| musicality | xx/xx | Noun |
| syncopation | /xxx | Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun |
| quatrain | xx | Noun |
| cadences | /xx | Noun |
| poesy | /xx | Noun |
| phonetics | x/x | Noun |
| elocution | xx/x | Noun |
| transliteration | xxx/x | Noun |
| metre | /x | Noun |
| meter | /x | Noun |
| singsong | /x | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| foot | / | Noun |
| rhyme scheme | // | Phrase, Noun |
| verse | / | Noun |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| song | / | Noun |
| stave | / | Noun |
| beat | / | Noun |
| mora | /x | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| tact | / | Noun |
| staff | / | Noun |
| measure | /x | Noun |
| blank verse | // | Phrase, Noun |
| strum | / | Noun |
| phrasal | /x | Adjective |
| scan | / | Verb |
| rhythmic | /x | Adjective |
| arabic | /xx | Adjective |
| magic | /x | Noun |
| proves | / | Verb |
| quantitative | /xxx | Adjective |
| graphic | /x | Adjective |
| irregular | x/xx | Adjective |
| line | / | Noun |
| musical | /xx | Adjective |
| classical | /xx | Adjective |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun |
| formula | /xx | Noun |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| grammar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| mode | / | Noun |
| numbering | /xx | Noun |
| pagination | xx/x | Noun |
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| rendering | /xx | Noun |
| spelling | /x | Noun |
| syntax | /x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
