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I'm one of those sad cases who've never wanted to be anything but a writer. I started writing my first novel when I was five years old. I have no idea what it was about, but I do remember spending considerable time trying to get the title right, though this had more to do with crayon colour than scansion.
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Meaning of "scansion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCANSION

From Latin: climbing up, from scandere to climb, scan.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCANSION

scansion  [ˈskænʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCANSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scansion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCANSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scansion

Scansion or a system of scansion is the act of determining and graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each syllable, and in English poetry, they are based on the different levels of stress placed on each syllable. In both cases, the meter often has a regular foot. Over the years, many different systems have been established to mark the scansion of a poem.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCANSION


ascension
əˈsɛnʃən
attention
əˈtɛnʃən
cantion
ˈkænʃən
convention
kənˈvɛnʃən
dimension
dɪˈmɛnʃən
expansion
ɪkˈspænʃən
extension
ɪkˈstɛnʃən
intention
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
intervention
ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃən
invention
ɪnˈvɛnʃən
mansion
ˈmænʃən
McMansion
məkˈmænʃən
mention
ˈmɛnʃən
overexpansion
ˌəʊvərɪksˈpænʃən
pancheon
ˈpænʃən
pension
ˈpɛnʃən
prevention
prɪˈvɛnʃən
retention
rɪˈtɛnʃən
suspension
səˈspɛnʃən
tension
ˈtɛnʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCANSION

scandium
scannable
scanned
scanner
scanning
scanning device
scanning electron microscope
scansorial
scant
scantier
scantiest
scantily
scantiness
scantity
scantle
scantling
scantlings
scantly

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCANSION

air suspension
apprehension
coefficient of expansion
commission
comprehension
en pension
Executive Mansion
file extension
hair extension
hyperextension
hypertension
hypotension
incomprehension
independent suspension
low-tension
pretension
reading comprehension
recension
retirement pension
surface tension
thermal expansion

Synonyms and antonyms of scansion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scansion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCANSION

Find out the translation of scansion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scansion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scansion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

韵律
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scansion
570 millions of speakers

English

scansion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scansion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلام متقطع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скандирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scansion
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছন্দোবিশ্লেষণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scansion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembesaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metrische Gliederung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

韻律分析
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scansion
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scansion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ngâm thơ từng vận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலகீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कावळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vezin araştırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scansione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scansion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скандування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scansion
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scansion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skandering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skandering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avsøkning
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCANSION»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCANSION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scansion

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QUOTES WITH «SCANSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scansion.
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Justine Larbalestier
I'm one of those sad cases who've never wanted to be anything but a writer. I started writing my first novel when I was five years old. I have no idea what it was about, but I do remember spending considerable time trying to get the title right, though this had more to do with crayon colour than scansion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCANSION»

Discover the use of scansion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scansion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Aeneid of Virgil: Being the Latin Text in the Original ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Virgil, Archibald a Maclardy, 2011
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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Also, the product or result of scansion, such as a description or visual representation of a given metrical structure. Scansion in English prosody employs a system of symbols to reveal the mechanics of a poem— i.e., the predominant type of foot ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1995
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Shakespearean Language: A Guide for Actors and Students
Scansion. Celia: Didst thou hear these verses? Rosalind: O yes, I heard them all, and more too, for some of them had in them more feet then the Verses would bear. [/4H/3.2.163] What is scansion, anyway? Why should I waste my time learning ...
Leslie O'Dell, 2002
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Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction
Single-line. scansion. The single-line scansion used for most of the examples in this book gives all the necessary information above the line of verse. The symbols used are given in the box below: ...
Derek Attridge, 1995
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The Metre of Old Saxon Poetry: The Remaking of Alliterative ...
1) 5690a that sia thia haftun thuru thena helagon dag (emended) (Hofmann's scansion: S2e-B/B5x32.1/x43a.l*) (emended) Subgroup 4 (fourteen examples): type D* or type D*E 266a thes hohon hebancuninges suno (Hofmann's scansion:  ...
誠一·鈴木, 2004
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The Southern literary messenger
The object of what we call scansion is the distinct making of the rhythmical flow. Scansion without accents or perpendicular lines between the feet — that is to say scansion by the voice only — is scansion to the ear only ; and all very good in its  ...
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Poems and tales
The object of what we call scansion is the distinct marking of the rhythmical flow. Scansion with accents or perpendicular lines between the feet—that is to say scansion by the voice only—i.s scansion to the ear only; and all very good in its way.
Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1858
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe
The object of what we call scansion is the distinct marking of the rhythmical flow. Scansion with accents or perpendicular lines between the feet — that is to say scansion by the voice only — is scansion to the ear only ; and all very good in its  ...
Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, 1857
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Literary Theory and Criticism
The written scansion addresses the ear through the eye. In either case the ohject is the distinct making of the rhythmical, musical, or reading flow. There can he no other ohject and there is none. Of course, then, the scansion and the reading ...
Edgar Allan Poe, Leonard Cassuto, 2012
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Poems and tales. ...
The object of what we call scansion is the distinct marking of the rhythmical flow. Scansion with accents or perpendicular lines between the feet — that is to say scansion by the voice only — is scansion to the ear only ; and all very good in its  ...
Edgar Allan Poe, 1857

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCANSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scansion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spectator competition: 'Come friendly bombs, and fall on those/ Who …
Transport for London's efforts to use verse to encourage Tube users to mind their manners produced poems whose rhyme and scansion would have made ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Rubicon Theatre to Present HAMLET as Part of 'Fearless …
... in script analysis, scansion, verse work and character development. Students form a tight company of actors to bring one of the Bard's greatest masterpieces to ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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New theater company presents 'Merchant of Venice'
Classes have been woven into the rehearsal schedule, with Joseph Lopez teaching classes on the Meisner acting technique, Darin Cabot teaching scansion ... «Las Cruces Sun-News, Jul 15»
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Rap-battling teacher finds poetry in the classroom
In fact, unempathetic colleagues are the source of a great deal of Mr Grist's scorn and scansion. The poem “Why I'm Angry” describes a pupil who fails to hand in ... «TES News, Jun 15»
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SOU digs deep into 'The Winter's Tale'
AZ: For me, scansion didn't come until later on in the process. I used it as a resource of, “I'm lost here, I can't understand this, so let's go back to the text and scan ... «Ashland Daily Tidings, May 15»
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That Handshake
(The names of Lady Brabourne, Paul Maxwell and Nicholas Knatchbull would have spoiled the scansion.) As for Gerry Adams, it is still open to conjecture what ... «London Review of Books, May 15»
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An honorable, though flawed, 'Henry IV, Part One'
More problematic (especially for purists) is a sometimes loose directorial rein on the scansion; allowing actors to emote through shifting emphasis may further ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
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Geva Theatre Center Conservatory Announces Auditions for …
This year's focus is Shakespeare and students selected for the program will take classes in acting, movement, monologues, scansion and text analysis, voice ... «WROC-TV, Mar 15»
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Princeton Prosody Archive brings digital tools to the study of poetry
Most prosodic texts use a notation known as scansion — a word that derives from the fact that the reader scans rather than reads the poem, as shown in the ... «Princeton University, Feb 15»
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Marlon fishing: was Brando really brain as well as brawn?
... is heavily appended, with notes on the mood of various speeches, scansion marks to highlight their rhythm and mocking asides on the motives of characters. «New Statesman, Sep 14»

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