melodics

English

Noun

melodics (uncountable)

1. The branch of music theory that deals with pitch, harmony, and melody.
2. The analysis of poetry in terms of the use of meter, rhyme, alliteration, and repetition to create a lyrical sound when read aloud.
   • 2016, Peter Nicholls, Peter Boxall, Thinking Poetry, page 25:

     melodics cannot be of central interest in the case of long poems.

Derived terms

• harmolodics

Anagrams

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