What is scansion? How do I read scansion marks? What are feet? What is meter? Meter defines the number of feet in a single line of poetry. For example: monometer - One foot dimeter - Two feet trimeter - Three feet tetramter - Four feet pentameter - Five feet hexameter - Six feet heptameter - Seven feet octameter - Eight feet What is iambic pentameter?
What is rhythm? What is a caesura? When printing this page, you must include the entire legal notice. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use. A brief exploration of the various aspects of sound that can be utilized when making a poem.
The crafting of the aural aspects of a poem is what we may call "ear training. The bible of most poets today regarding meter and sound is a book by Paul Fussell called Poetic Meter and Poetic Form.
Home Glossary Scansion. About Scansion Scansion is the process of marking the stresses in a poem, and working out the metre from the distribution of stresses. Related Terms Scan. An example of Scansion. The Conjuror. The rhyme scheme of this poem is irregular and unpredictable, and in this stanza it is AAAB.
The tric kle of un der ground springs , the bab ble of swol len gul ches un der drenched ferns , l oos ening the grip of their roots , till their hai ry clods…. Walcott has used mixed metrical pattern in this poem. In this example, the first two lines are using trochaic heptameter, while the final line is using dactylic tetrameter.
In the first line, you can notice the use of caesura in the middle; it breaks the monotony and creates a dramatic effect.
This is the famous example of a blank verse , using unrhyming lines with iambic pentameter ten syllables in a line and five are stressed. Scansion demonstrates variation and regularity in poetry.
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