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The most marked difference is, perhaps, in the length or prosodical quantity of the vowels; and both of the causes I have mentioned concur to produce this effect.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

In case any prosodical alterations should seem appropriate, be kind enough to write them down distinctly in notes on a separate sheet of paper.

From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End by Bache, Constance

My prosodical instinct was awakened quite suddenly that dim evening, as my Father and I sat alone in the breakfast-room after tea, serenely accepting the hour, for once, with no idea of exhortation or profit.

From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund

Thirdly, the prosodical character of the song is roughly indicated by a combination of letters and numerals.

From A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs by Combs, Josiah Henry

It was an attempt to create, in defiance of the public, in contemptuous disregard of established "literary opinion," a sort of prosodical chapel or school of poetry.

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund