Associations to the word «Scansion»
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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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.