Look up: Scansion

1. Scansion
   The analysis of lines of poetry to identify their metrical pattern.
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2. scansion
   [n] - analysis of verse into metrical patterns
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3. Scansion
   Scan'sion noun [ Latin scansio , from scandere , scansum , to climb. See Scan .] (Pros.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
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4. scansion
   noun analysis of verse into metrical patterns
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5. Scansion
   • (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
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6. scansion
   the analysis and visual representation of a poem`s metrical pattern. Adapted from the classical method of analyzing ancient Greek and Roman ... [1 related articles]
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7. scansion
   the scanning of verse, that is, dividing it into metrical feet and identifying its rhythm by encoding stressed syllables (stresses, ictus) and unstressed syllables (slacks). Conventional English graphic notation is: • unstressed syllable or slack, an upwards-curving quarter circle, usually the breve but here represented by a tilde ~; &bu...
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8. Scansion
   `Scansion` is the act of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse. Overview: Systems of scansion, and the assumptions (often tacit or even subconscious) that underlie them, are so numerous and contradictory that it is often difficult to tell whethe...
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