scansion

[ skan-shuhn ]

/ ˈskæn ʃən /

noun Prosody.

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.

Origin of scansion

1645–55; <Late Latin scānsiōn- (stem of scānsiō), Latin: a climbing, equivalent to scāns(us) (past participle of scandere to climb) + -iōn--ion

Words nearby scansion

scanning electron microscope, scanning force microscope, scanning line, scanning probe microscope, scanning tunneling microscope, scansion, scansorial, scant, scantling, scantlings, scanty

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Example sentences from the Web for scansion

Words are shoehorned in without much regard for scansion, stress, or tone.
You Too Can Hear U2 Overthink Its New Song|Andrew Romano|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is either hexameter or pentameter, according to the scansion?
Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853|Various
In l. 3834, Nowlis helps the scansion, whilst Noes spoils the line, which has to be 'amended.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
In order to bring the verse under this scansion he assumes that certain syllables admitted of being lengthened.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper

The language had undergone some changes since Chaucer's time, which made his scansion obsolete.
From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers
The average Restoration lyric is correct enough in scansion, but the melody is conventional, poor and thin.
The Age of Dryden|Richard Garnett

British Dictionary definitions for scansion

scansion

/ (ˈskænʃən) /

noun

the analysis of the metrical structure of verseSee quantity (def. 7), stress (def. 4)

Word Origin for scansion

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

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单词	scansion
释义	scansion [ skan-shuhn ] / ˈskæn ʃən / noun Prosody. 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. Origin of scansion 1645–55; <Late Latin scānsiōn- (stem of scānsiō), Latin: a climbing, equivalent to scāns(us) (past participle of scandere to climb) + -iōn--ion Words nearby scansion scanning electron microscope, scanning force microscope, scanning line, scanning probe microscope, scanning tunneling microscope, scansion, scansorial, scant, scantling, scantlings, scanty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scansion Words are shoehorned in without much regard for scansion, stress, or tone. You Too Can Hear U2 Overthink Its New Song\|Andrew Romano\|November 22, 2013\|DAILY BEAST It is either hexameter or pentameter, according to the scansion? Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853\|Various In l. 3834, Nowlis helps the scansion, whilst Noes spoils the line, which has to be 'amended.' Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales\|Geoffrey Chaucer In order to bring the verse under this scansion he assumes that certain syllables admitted of being lengthened. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper The language had undergone some changes since Chaucer's time, which made his scansion obsolete. From Chaucer to Tennyson\|Henry A. Beers The average Restoration lyric is correct enough in scansion, but the melody is conventional, poor and thin. The Age of Dryden\|Richard Garnett British Dictionary definitions for scansion scansion / (ˈskænʃən) / noun the analysis of the metrical structure of verseSee quantity (def. 7), stress (def. 4) Word Origin for scansion C17: from Latin: climbing up, from scandere to climb, scan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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