(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the systematic study of metrical structure / (noun) a particular system, theory, or style of versification / (noun) the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language
This second artificial tennis ecstasy, this prosodic counterfeit, can-unlike the first real raw experience--forge a bond between the writer at his desk in 1991 and the readers in the future
afterword for Derivative Sport