Poetic Analysis 1 - General terms

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8 Terms

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Meter

A regularly repeating rhythmique, divided into feet

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Scansion

The identification and Analysis of poetic rhythm and meter ; to mark ils stressed and unstressed syllables

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Variation

Brief deviation from the metrical framework

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Substitution

The substitution of one foot for another : this is a more specific way of describing variation

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Reversed foot

A foot whose pattern of stressed and unstreissed syllables is exactly opposite that of the original (anapest/dactyl or trochee/iamb)

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Initial

Occuring at the beginning of the line

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Medial

The middle of a line

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Terminal

End of the line