scansion
Meanings
noun
- The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.
- The act of analyzing the meter of poetry.
verb
- Of text, to put into a rhythmic form or meter.
- To impose patterns on.
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Etymology
From Late Latin scansiōnem, accusative singular of scansiō (“the act of climbing”), from scandō (“to climb”).
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