noun
- plural of scansion; the analysis of verse to show its meter and rhythmic structure
Usage: literary analysis; poetry
Examples
- The professor assigned scansions of three Shakespeare sonnets for homework.
- Students struggled with the scansions of the complex medieval poetry.
- Her scansions revealed the irregular meter in the modern verse.
- The textbook included detailed scansions of famous poems.
- Comparing different scansions of the same poem showed varying interpretations.
- The poetry workshop focused on scansions of iambic pentameter.