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[[Latin 3]] '''Scansion Notes'''
[[Category:Latin 3]]

==Definition==
scan·sion (skăn'shən) pronunciation
n.

Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.

[Late Latin scānsiō, scānsiōn-, from Latin, act of climbing, from scānsus, past participle of scandere, to climb.]

==Dactylic Hexameter==
*6 feet to a line
*2 types of feet
**'''Dactyl (long, short, short)''''
**'''Spondee (long, long)'''
*5th Foot always Dactyl
*6th Foot always a Spondee

===Long?===
Syllable long if:
*vowel followed by 2 consonants (non-vowels)
**if the 2nd of the 2 consonants are liquid (a "l" or "r") the poet has a choice long or short
*diphthongs (2 vowels which make 1 sound) [ae] [ou]
*Naturally Long
**Indicated in Text
**Ablative Absolute
**Ablative Plural

==Elision==
When a word ends in a vowel (or vowel + "m") and the next word begins with a vowel (or "h" + vowel) then the first syllable (end of the word) drops out

==Examples==
{{Need to scan in --[[User:ThePlaz|ThePlaz]] 21:45, 24 May 2007 (EDT)}}

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 *6 feet to a line
 *2 types of feet
-**'''Dactyl (long, short, short)''''
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 **'''Spondee (long, long)'''
 *5th Foot always Dactyl