mellisonant


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Adj. 1. [画像:mellisonant - pleasing to the ear]mellisonant - pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"
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We are invited to the following lines in which the poet bursts forth in mellisonant rhythm "to the accompaniment of a flute and / or the rain drum."
The poet as rainmaker: fertility and pluvial aesthetics in Osundare's The Eye of The Earth

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