Related Words for scansion

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WordSyllablesCategories
hexameter
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Noun
metrical
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Adjective
prosody
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Noun
pentameter
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Noun
versification
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Noun
diction
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Noun
rhyme
/
Noun
poetics
x/x
Noun
prose
/
Noun
punctuation
xx/x
Noun
poetry
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Noun
syllabic
x/x
Adjective
poem
/x
Noun
alliteration
x/xxx
Noun
rhythm
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Noun
elision
x/x
Noun
syllables
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Noun
sonnet
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Noun
eclogues
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Noun
prosodic
x/x
Adjective
recitation
xx/x
Noun
wordplay
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Noun
lyric
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Noun
enunciation
xxx/x
Noun
musicality
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Noun
syncopation
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Noun
repetition
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Noun
quatrain
xx
Noun
cadences
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Noun
poesy
/xx
Noun
phonetics
x/x
Noun
elocution
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Noun
transliteration
xxx/x
Noun
metre
/x
Noun
meter
/x
Noun
singsong
/x
Noun
accent
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Noun
foot
/
Noun
rhyme scheme
//
Phrase, Noun
verse
/
Noun
thesis
/x
Noun
song
/
Noun
stave
/
Noun
beat
/
Noun
mora
/x
Noun
strain
/
Noun
tact
/
Noun
staff
/
Noun
measure
/x
Noun
blank verse
//
Phrase, Noun
strum
/
Noun
phrasal
/x
Adjective
scan
/
Verb
rhythmic
/x
Adjective
arabic
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Adjective
magic
/x
Noun
proves
/
Verb
quantitative
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Adjective
graphic
/x
Adjective
irregular
x/xx
Adjective
line
/
Noun
musical
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Adjective
classical
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Adjective
definition
xx/x
Noun
etymology
xx/xx
Noun
formula
/xx
Noun
formulation
xx/x
Noun
grammar
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Noun, Verb
language
/x
Noun, Verb
locution
x/x
Noun
mode
/
Noun
numbering
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Noun
pagination
xx/x
Noun
pronunciation
xxx/x
Noun
rendering
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Noun
spelling
/x
Noun
syntax
/x
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dialect
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Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
literally
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Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
daylight
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Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
cloth
/
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb