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scansion

/ˈskænʃn/noun

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    [U] technical

    the rhythm of a line of poetry; the study of rhythm in poetry and the act of marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

    छंद-विश्लेषण, छंद-विन्यास, (कविता की) मात्रा-गणना

    • The students practised the scansion of Shakespeare's sonnets.
    • The scansion of this line is irregular.

    Synonyms metre rhythm

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scan verb
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

metre rhythm

§Grammar and usage

Usage: when a line of poetry has a correct rhythm, we say that it scans, as in 'This line doesn't scan'.

Usage में जब कविता की किसी पंक्ति की लय सही होती है, तो कहते हैं कि वह scans करती है, जैसे 'This line doesn't scan'।