Noun
the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
Source: WordNetthe rhythm of Frost's poetry Source: Internet
Matthiessen (1941), 428–429 Melville's diction depended upon no source, and his prose is not based on anybody else's verse but on "a sense of speech rhythm". Source: Internet
Quoted in Matthiessen (1941), 429 The prose is not based on anybody else's verse but on "a sense of speech rhythm". Source: Internet