| Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise. Thesaurus Entries Stabreim, alliterative meter, blocking, detailing, enumeration, itemization, measure, meter, metrical pattern, metrics, numbers, parsing, prosodic pattern, prosody, quantitative meter, resolution, scanning, schematization, syllabic meter, vers libre, versification |