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| 1-4 of 4Scansion flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Scansionby lizziecarr | 5 terms | March 17, 2009 |
| 2 | Scansion Vocabularyby Shmej_stuff | 17 terms | October 10, 2009 |
| 3 | Poetic Devices and Scansionby 191031036 | 59 terms | September 25, 2009 |
| 4 | Poetry terms & scansionby IsabelG | 13 terms | May 20, 2008 |
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| scansion definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the process of measuring the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line. | 14 sets | |
| 2 | the process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain | 13 sets | |
| 3 | analysis of verse into metrical patterns | 9 sets | |
| 4 | the analysis of verse in terms of meter | 8 sets | |
| 5 | the analysis of a poem's meter. this is usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then based on the pattern of the stresses dividing the line into feet. | 7 sets | |
| 6 | the analysis of verse to show its meter | 5 sets | |
| 7 | the metrical analysis of verse | 5 sets | |
| 8 | a close, critical reading of a poem, examining the work for meter | 5 sets | |
| 9 | the dividing of lines of poetry into feet by indicating accents and counting syllables to determine their meter. generally, "_" is used to indicate an unstressed syllable and "/" to indicate a stressed one. | 4 sets | |
| 10 | analysis of a poem's rhythm and meter | 4 sets | |
| 11 | the analysis of verse to show its meter. | 4 sets | |
| 12 | analysis of verse in terms of meter | 4 sets | |
| 13 | the process of measuring the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line | 4 sets | |
| 14 | n. the metrical analysis of verse (in which ͝ indicates a short or unaccented syllable and ̷ indicates a long or accented syllable) | 4 sets | |
| 15 | the process of marking lines of poetry to determine the meter; that is, marking the accented and unaccented syllables, dividing the lines into feet, identifying the most common type of foot, and noting significant variations from that pattern | 3 sets | |
| 16 | the metrical analysis of verse. the usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or ʹ for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause. | 3 sets | |
| 17 | the analysis of the rhythm of any given verse | 3 sets | |
| 18 | the analysis of a poem's meter. this is usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then, based on the pattern of the stresses, dividing the line into feet. | 3 sets | |
| 19 | metrical analysis of verse | 2 sets | |
| 20 | metrical analisis of verse | 2 sets | |
| 21 | the marking off of lines of poetry into feet | 2 sets | |
| 22 | the analysis of metrical patterns of verse | 2 sets | |
| 23 | the method of writing down the rhythm of a poem | 2 sets | |
| 24 | metrical, scanning a verse | 2 sets | |
| 25 | the analysis of a verse to show its meter | 2 sets | |
| 26 | the process of marking and identifying poetic meter. | 2 sets | |
| 27 | marking accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry | 2 sets | |
| 28 | the process of measuring verse, that is, of marking accented and unaccented syllables, dividing the lines into feet, identifying the metrical pattern, and noting significant variations from that pattern | 2 sets | |
| 29 | the process of analyzing the rhythm of a line or lines of poetry; scanning | 2 sets | |
| 30 | the process of marking the metrical pattern of a poem | 2 sets | |
| 31 | to determine meter | 2 sets | |
| 32 | analyzing and graphically marking poetry for stressed and unstressed patterns | 2 sets | |
| 33 | process of measuring the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line. | 2 sets | |
| 34 | to produce this, you must divide the lines of poetry into feet by indicating accents and counting syllables to determine the meter of a poem. | 2 sets | |
| 35 | metrical analysis of a verse | 2 sets | |
| 36 | the analysis of verse in terms of meter. | 2 sets | |
| 37 | analyzing the meter in lines of verse by marking the accented and unaccented syllables, dividing the lines into metrical feet, and indicating any distinct pauses within the lines. | 2 sets | |
| 38 | the metrical analysis of verse. | 2 sets | |
| 39 | a system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and type of feet per line | 2 sets | |
| 40 | the analysis of metrical patterns in poetry | 2 sets | |