Scansion

by Webster 1913

Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:53:03

Scan"sion (?), n. [L. scansio, fr. 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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metrical feet	dactylic hexameter	English Poetry	scan
There once was a man from Nantucket	Voting for XP	Digamma	HTML symbol reference
Elision	Jimmy Webb	June 24, 2006	As It Was Made, It Shall Remain
The Ballad of One Tooth	Rest	repetition	Stranger Than Fiction
poetic meters	sprung rhythm	Feline Pine	Metric
God bless my cotton socks	Litanei	Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper?	When I was young Time had no wings

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