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scansion

[ skan-shuhn ]

noun

Prosody.
  1. the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or ′ for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.


scansion

/ ˈ²õ°ìæ²Ôʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the analysis of the metrical structure of verse See quantity stress
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scansion1

1645–55; < Late Latin ²õ³¦Äå²Ô²õ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²õ³¦Äå²Ô²õ¾±Å ), Latin: a climbing, equivalent to ²õ³¦Äå²Ô²õ ( us ) (past participle of scandere to climb) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scansion1

C17: from Latin: climbing up, from scandere to climb, scan
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Example Sentences

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Nash’s are hard to decipher anyway; because rhyme and scansion aren’t her thing, the ear gets no help.

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Clarity for lyricists has to refer not just to scansion and word choice, but also how their songs are communicated.

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There’s something about Shakespeare and the language that, as a Black performer, I naturally get: the rhythms, the scansion, the iambic pentameter.

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While other poets might spend years studying the scansion of poetry, she said she’s not as interested in form.

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Donaldson is obsessed with scansion – where the stresses fall in a line.

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