Pindaric, see Ode.
Pitch, the characteristic of a sound dependent upon its number of vibrations per second; (usually indicated by its place in the musical scale; high or 'acute,' low or 'grave'); [5] f., [35] ff.; sometimes functions in verse for emphasis or for stress, [8], [35] ff., [181] ff.
Poulter's Measure, an old-fashioned couplet, composed of an alexandrine and a septenary, a6a7, [88] f.
Prose, Characteristic, prose with natural and varied rhythms, [23] ff.; Cadenced, prose with carefully sought rhythmic movements, [27] ff.; Metrical, a hybrid of prose and verse, [29] ff.
Pyrrhic, a classical foot, ◡ ◡, [51].
Quantity, the length of a syllable; established by convention in classical prosody; in English prosody very uncertain but always present. See Length.
Quatrain, a stanza of four lines, [103] ff.
Refrain, a line or part of a line repeated according to the metrical pattern, [184] f.; the term repetend is occasionally used.
Rest, see Pause (3, b).
Rhythm, regular arrangement or repetition of varied parts, see ch. I, ch. II, and passim; objective, having external concrete existence, [3] ff.; subjective, felt by the individual, [3], [12] ff.; spatial, in which the units are spaces, [4]; temporal, in which the units are periods of time, [4] ff.; rising, beginning with the stressed element, [38]; falling, beginning with the unstressed element, [38]; duple, having a stress and one unstressed element (syllable), [38]; triple, having a stress and two unstressed elements (syllables), [38].