Associations to the word «Scansion»

Wiktionary

SCANSION, noun. The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.
SCANSION, noun. The act of analysing the meter of poetry.
SCANSION, verb. (of text) Put into a rhythmic form or meter.
SCANSION, verb. (by extension) Impose patterns on.

Dictionary definition

SCANSION, noun. Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche