Scansion

/ˈskænʃn/

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Pro Tip 1/3

Scansion helps you understand a poem's beat, much like music rhythm.

The scansion of the poem revealed a consistent iambic pentameter.

Pro Tip 2/3

Use scansion as a tool to dissect and deeply analyze poems.

Our homework was to perform scansion to uncover the poem's underlying tempo.

Pro Tip 3/3

A poem's rhythm, found through scansion, can affect the reader's emotions.

Scansion showed how the poet used a fast rhythm to convey excitement.

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