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| scan·sion [ skánshən ] |
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1. analysis of verse: the analysis of verse according to the rules of meter
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2. metrical structure: the way that a line, verse, or poem scans
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin scansion- "climbing, (in late Latin) scansion" < scandere "to climb"] |
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