Poetry Scansion

Poetry Scansion

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9th Grade - University

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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. (the rhythm)

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The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. 

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A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. 

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anapest or anapestic

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trochee or trochaic 

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dactyl or dactyllic

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Iambic

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a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u )

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a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one ( u / )

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a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one ( / / U )

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