The use of the word is analogous to its use in verse, with its traditional metrical units of iambus, trochee, dactyl and so on.

节拍在此处的途与其在诗文中长音节的抑扬短长等作。

In that shoreless ocean, at thy silently listening smile my songs would swell in melodies, free as waves, free from all bondage of words.

在无边的海洋上，在你静听的微笑中，的歌唱抑扬成调，像海波一般的自由，句的束缚。