scansion in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for scansion in the English»French Dictionary

scansion [Brit ˈskanʃ(ə)n, Am ˈskænʃən] N

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In the final analysis, the terms of scansion are blunt instruments, clumsy ways of describing the infinitely nuanced rhythms of language.

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One of the primary virtues of 4-level scansion is that it helps clarify a surprisingly specificand surprisingly controversialdebate.

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Rhyming stories are notoriously difficult to write, but here the scansion works and the rhyme (both internal and end rhymes) makes the story a delight to read out loud.

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He even teaches poetic scansion with a basketball.

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The answer is, still, 5, but that could not be deduced from this rhythmic scansion.

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Some prosodists indicate only ictic (or, in rhythmic scansion, only stressed) syllables, but this is not ideal since the number, position, and character of non-ictic syllables is also metrically significant.

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For comparative purposes, the following table is a somewhat simplified rendition of these scansion systems.

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Recall that this metrical scansion does not imply that of is necessarily spoken with more emphasis than sweet, only that these fill ictic and nonictic positions, respectively.

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The following is a graphic representation of its scansion.

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In the scansion of the line above, long syllables are uppercase, short syllables are lowercase, and feet are divided by a vertical line.

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