SCANSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Analysis of verse into metrical patterns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("scansion" is a kind of...):

beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

Derivation:

scan (read metrically)

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