Cadence
The natural rhythm of speech - as opposed to the rhythm of meter.
[n] a recurrent rhythmical series
[n] (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
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accent, accentuation, acciaccatura, Alexandrine, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, appoggiatura, arabesque, arsis, authentic cadence, bacchius, bass passage, beat, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadency, cadenza, caesura, catalexis, catenar