English to Icelandic Meaning of scansion - scansion

Scansion :

scansion

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Definitions of scansion in English

Noun(1) analysis of verse into metrical patterns

Examples of scansion in English

(1) This kind of annotation of the rhythmic structure of a verse is called scansion , and the basic rhythmic pattern of a poem (if it has one) is called its meter.(2) triple scansion(3) But I'm not sure that I take your point about the equivalence of Japanese and English syllables in scansion .(4) the verse defies easy scansion(5) But for a poet concerned with scansion , as Chaucer was, that weak ending the final e offered was a blessing.(6) I took the liberty of fiddling with the scansion in Lines 3 and 7.(7) After a brisk run-through of key terms - they include scansion , rhyme, caesura, verse - he proceeds to a series of Shakespearean speeches for analysis, which form the main section here.(8) Where others would use more flowery language to remain within the rhyming scheme and scansion they have set up, he can find simple ways to do it, so it doesn't become contorted.(9) The rest of the line follows the regular scansion, but this departure from the formal scansion at the start of the line contributes to its extraordinary power and helps to make it so memorable.(10) Some of the entries failed to make the grade because their authors apparently didn't understand the scansion required.(11) Tennyson's epic Charge of the Light Brigade was really just McGonagall with a competent rhyme scheme and effective scansion !(12) Using conventional scansion the lines would scan.(13) Very few children, for example, are now familiar with nursery rhymes, which not only fuel the imagination but form an introduction to scansion , rhythm and interesting vocabulary.(14) It is a commentary on our times, that to us it seems if not odd, then certainly unexpected that a warrior and statesman should devote his attention to intricate questions of scansion and metrics.

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