1) Beat 2) Cadence 3) Measure 4) Meter 5) Metre 6) Metrical analysis of poetry 7) Poetic rhythm 8) Poetry analysis
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Scansion or a system of scansion (verb: to scan) is the act of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each syllable, and in English poetry, they are based on the different levels of stress placed on each syllable. In bot...
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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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• (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
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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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The act of 'scanning' a poem to determine its meter. To perform scansion, the student breaks down ea
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The scanning of verse, that is, dividing it into metrical feet and identifying its rhythm by encodin
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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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The analysis of lines of poetry to identify their metrical pattern.
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n] - analysis of verse into metrical patterns
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The process of measuring the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line.
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noun analysis of verse into metrical patterns
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