scansion 的定义
Prosody.
- the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or ′ for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
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- Words are shoehorned in without much regard for scansion, stress, or tone.
- It anticipates the climax of the description, besides ruining the scansion of the line.
- The latter syllable of Venus comes at the csural pause; but the scansion is best mended by omitting nygh; see footnote.
- The best way of scansion is perhaps to read despyt-e with final e, preserved by csura, and to pronounce Diane as Din'.
- A knowledge of the most common forms of variation is necessary to correct scansion.
- Consider the question which of these two systems of scansion is the more accurate and the more convenient.