Meter defines the number of feet in a single line of poetry. dispondee ( ʹ ʹ ʹ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where all four syllables are stressed.fourth epitrite ( ʹ ʹ ʹ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the fourth syllable is unstressed.third epitrite ( ʹ ʹ ˘ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the third syllable is unstressed.second epitrite ( ʹ ˘ ʹ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the second syllable is unstressed.first epitrite ( ˘ ʹ ʹ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the first syllable is unstressed.antispast ( ˘ ʹ ʹ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where the second and third syllables are stressed.choriamb ( ʹ ˘ ˘ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where the second and third syllables are unstressed.diiamb ( ˘ ʹ ˘ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where the first and third syllables are unstressed.ditrochee ( ˘ ʹ ˘ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where the first and third syllables are stressed.
minor ionic or double iamb ( ˘ ˘ ʹ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where the first and second syllables are unstressed. major ionic or triple trochee ( ʹ ʹ ˘ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where the first and second syllables are stressed. quartus paeon ( ˘ ˘ ˘ ʹ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the fourth syllable is stressed. tertius paeon ( ˘ ˘ ʹ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the third syllable is stressed. secundus paeon ( ˘ ʹ ˘ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the second syllable is stressed. primus paeon ( ʹ ˘ ˘ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where only the first syllable is stressed. tetrabrach or proceleusmatic ( ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ) - A four-syllable foot where all four syllables are unstressed. tribrach ( ˘ ˘ ˘ ) - A three-syllable foot where all three syllables are unstressed. cretic or amphimacer ( ʹ ˘ ʹ ) - A three-syllable foot where the first and third syllables are stressed and the second syllable is unstressed. antibaccius ( ʹ ʹ ˘ ) - A three-syllable foot where the first two syllables are stressed and the third syllable is unstressed. bacchius ( ˘ ʹ ʹ ) - A three-syllable foot where the first syllable is unstressed and the last two syllables are stressed. molossus ( ʹ ʹ ʹ ) - A three-syllable foot where all three syllables are stressed. amphibrach ( ˘ ʹ ˘ ) - A three-syllable foot where the first and third syllables are unstressed and the second syllable is stressed. dactyl ( ʹ ˘ ˘ ) - A three-syllable foot where the first syllable is stressed and the last two syllables are unstressed. anapest or antidactylus ( ˘ ˘ ʹ ) - A three-syllable foot where the first two syllables are unstressed and the third syllable is stressed. spondee ( ʹ ʹ ) - A two-syllable foot where both syllables are stressed. pyrrhic or dibrach ( ˘ ˘ ) - A two-syllable foot where both syllables are unstressed. trochee or choree ( ʹ ˘ ) - A two-syllable foot where a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable. iamb ( ˘ ʹ ) - A two-syllable foot where an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. There are three common types of feet- disyllable feet, trisyllable feet, and tetrasyllable (ionic) feet: Disyllable Feet: What are feet?Ī foot is a group of two or three syllables. Now the macron is commonly replaced with an ictus ( ʹ ) above a long syllable. Classical notation uses a macron ( - ) for long syllables and a breve ( ˘ ) for short syllables. Over the years, many different systems have been established to mark the scansion of a poem. In both cases, the meter often has a regular foot. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each vowel sound, and in English poetry, they are based on the different stresses placed on each syllable. What is scansion?Ī system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. 
There can be multiple ways to scan a line of verse to find the natural pulse. Send us feedback.Scansion is very helpful in determining the natural rhythm of speaking blank verse. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scansion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2020 And replacing Shakespearean scansion with looser Seuss-ish rhyme schemes would add to the comedy and make the long bouts of exposition at the beginning and end of the play less tedious. Claire Messud, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 And this is not to touch upon the scansion forms were, for Valéry, crucial and complex. 2022 Clarity for lyricists has to refer not just to scansion and word choice, but also how their songs are communicated. Recent Examples on the Web Toshio Hosokawa’s monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 12 players, probes deeply into the terror and loss of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem through a jagged, atonal setting that stretches the scansion out of its familiar rhythm.
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