 | Frederick Percival Leverett - 1829 - 376 sider
...reputation of the Roman people : macula^ auce inveteravit in oopuli Romani nomine. PROSODY. SCANNING. Scanning is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed, and the assigning of their proper quantity to the constituent syllables in each foot. A foot in poetry... | |
 | Horace - 1830 - 1104 sider
..."twice," and «•/#>;> comes Ъигг'щъъ distichon, " a distich," «fee. VI. Sea/mine, or Scansion, is the dividing of a verse into the feet of Which it is composed, and the assigning of their proper quantity to the respective syllables of each foot. The term is derived... | |
 | 1831 - 512 sider
...reputation of the Roman people \ macula, qua inveteravit in populi Romani nomine. PROSODY. SCANNING. Scanning is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed, and the assigning of their proper quantity to the constituent syllables in each foot. A foot in poetry... | |
 | 1838 - 370 sider
...the reputation of the Roman people macula, qua inveteravit in populi Romani nomine. PROSODY SCANNING. Scanning is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed, and the assigning of their proper quantity to the constituent syllables in, each foot. A foot in poetry... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - 1838 - 354 sider
...feet and a half, the hepthemimeris ; if nine half feet, or four feet and a half, the ennehemimëris. 6. SCANNING is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it ia composed. In order to scan correctly, it is necessary to know the quantity of each syllable, and... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard - 1839 - 350 sider
...feet and a half, the hepthemimeris ; if nine half feet, or four feet and a half, the ennehemimeris. 6. SCANNING is the dividing of a verse into the feet...correctly, it is necessary to know the quantity of each syllable, and also to understand the following poetic usages, which are sometimes called FIGURES OF... | |
 | John Richard Darley (Bp. of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh) - 1840 - 580 sider
..."Vertere,'' because at the close of each line, the reader necessarily turns to the beginning of another. Scanning^ is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed, and the assigning of their proper quantity to the constituent syllables in each foot. A certain number... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 sider
...a similarity of sound between the last syllables of different verses. Blank verse is without rhyme. Scanning is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed. A verse which is complete is called acatalectic ; one which is deficient is called catalectic ; one... | |
 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - 1848 - 132 sider
...plain." The Amphibrach consists of a short syllable, a long one, and another short one ; as, consenting. The dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed, is called scanning. Verse generally consists principally either of iambics, trochees, anapests, or... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1850 - 506 sider
...hexameter line divided at the penthemimeris ; as, ¿Ere ciere viros, || Martemque accendere cantu. III. Scanning is the dividing of a verse into the feet of which it is composed, and the assigning of their proper quantity to the respective syllables of each foot. IV. Verses are... | |
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In order to scan correctly, it is necessary to know the quantity of each syllable, and also to understand the following poetic usages, which are sometimes called FIGURES OF PROSODY. 
