Definition of Scansion

1. Noun. Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.

Generic synonyms: Beat, Cadence, Measure, Meter, Metre
Derivative terms: Scan

Definition of Scansion

1. n. The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

Definition of Scansion

1. Noun. The rhythm or meter of a line or verse. ¹

2. Noun. The act of analysing the meter of poetry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scansion

1. the analysis of verse into metrical feet and rhythm patterns [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scansion

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scansion (current term)
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Literary usage of Scansion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Classical Quarterly by Classical Association (Great Britain) (1908)
"SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPEECH-scansion AND NARRATIVE-scansion IN HOMERIC VERSE.1 IF in the various books of the Iliad and Odyssey the speeches or ..."

2. Classical Weekly (1910)
"GL THE scansion OF VERGIL AND THE SCHOOLS Do our preparatory schools do their duty by their pupils in the matter of the metrical form of Vergil? ..."

3. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1903)
"THE FORMS AND scansion OF THE GENITIVE AND DATIVE CASES OF IS, HIC, ... He admits the scansion for ..."

4. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1899)
"When the scansion or reading is natural, artistic and rhythmically free, ... The most regular coordination in poetry occurs in routine scansion ; it is ..."

5. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory (1900)
"When the scansion or reading is natural, artistic and rhythmically free, ... The most regular coordination in poetry occurs in routine scansion ; it is ..."

6. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"scansion and Elision d. To divide the verse into its appropriate measures, according to the rules of quantity and versification, is called scanning or ..."

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