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A three-syllable foot where the first and third syllables are unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.

Scansion Overview

What is scansion? A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each vowel sound, and in English poetry, they are...

 
 
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