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cadence
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The Scarlet Letter
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- The child went singing away, following up the current of the brook, and striving to mingle a more lightsome cadence with its melancholy voice.†
p. 174.4 *cadence = rhythm or recurring pattern
- This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment, insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in which the preacher spoke, might still have been swayed to and fro by the mere tone and cadence.†
p. 226.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(cadence) rhythm or recurring pattern of sounds or movements
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)