A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of...
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scansion: Describing the rhythms of poetry by dividing the lines into feet, marking the locations of stressed and unstressed syllables, and counting the syllables. Thus, when we describe the rhythm of a poem, we “scan” the poem and mark the stresses (/) and absences of stress (^) and count the number of feet.
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Scansion is the dividing of verse (lines of poetry) into feet by indicating accents and counting syllables to determine the meter of a poem. It is a means of studying the mechanical elements by which the poet has established his rhythmical effects.
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Etymology: Late Latin scansion-, scansio, from Latin, act of climbing, from scandere. Date: 1671. : the analysis of verse to show its meter...
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Meter and Scansion Scanning a poem and identifying the meter, stanza, and rhyme scheme are only the first steps in analyzing its rhythm. The most important part of the analysis is explaining how this rhythm contributes to the meaning, beauty, and significance of the poem.
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Encyclopedia: Meter (poetry)
In poetry, the meter or metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. ...
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Scansion: Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.
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> Lat. "knocking out." The practice of omitting certain syllables during scansion. A final syllable ending in a vowel (or the letter -m) is normally elided before a word beginning with a vowel (or an h-).
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Patterns of short and long syllables form feet, which are separated from each other in scansion by a stroke ( ). Patterns of feet form a line of verse, the principal pause within which is indicated in scansion by a double stroke ( ). The first long syllable in each foot was stressed;
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