Systems Of Scansion
A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each syllable, and in English poetry, they are based on the different levels of stress placed on each syllable. In both cases, the meter often has a regular foot. Over the years, many different systems have been established to mark the scansion of a poem.
Read more about Systems Of Scansion: Classical Scansion — Macron and Breve, Classical System Adopted To English — Macron and Breve, Ictus and Breve, Ictus and X, Robert Bridges' Accentual Prosody, Trager-Smith Notation, Jespersen's System, Corn's Three-stress Numerical System, Attridge's Single-line Scansion, Lanier's Musical Notation, Unicode Characters
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