SCANSION Breaking down meter…. Meter Meter (Latin: metrum, -i n. measure) is like the time signature in written music. It tells us how many feet (beats)

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SCANSION Breaking down meter…

Meter Meter (Latin: metrum, -i n. measure) is like the time signature in written music. It tells us how many feet (beats) or units (measures) of rhythm there are in the line The rhythm centers on whether or not the vowels in the line are long or short

Long v. Short Long vowels have a macron above Short vowels have the breve mark above them

Quantity of Vowels LONG by NATURE –The vowel has a long mark on it naturally. A dictionary is helpful for figuring this out if you are stuck –There is a diphthong: ae, oe, ei, ui, au, eu These letter combinations are marked as one syllable, not two because they make only one sound.

Quantity of Vowels LONG by POSITION –If the vowel is followed by a double consonant combination, the vowel is marked long I know it seems simplistic, but if the vowel is not long, that’s how we know it is short!

Elision Elision acts like a slur does in music. It causes you to blend two syllables together that would ordinarily be separate in prose –Word ends with a vowel, dipthong, or M is followed by a word starting with a vowel or H –Take off the first vowel, dipthong, or M

Elision Example: –Multum ille = multille Exceptions: If a word ends with an M is followed by EST, the “e” of est is elided instead of the M –Example: multum est = multumst

HIATUS Rare instance in which a word ending in a vowel and starts with an H does NOT elide Easy to recognize because the meterical requirements do not allow the elision to actually occur

Idiosyncrasies Some vowels don’t count for scansion… –“qu” = one letter, the “u” is not scanned Example: nequiquam has 3 vowels to scan –“gu” = one letter, the “u” is not scanned Example: sanguinis has 3 vowels to scan Liquid consonants: l and r –MIGHT be considered either a double or single consonant--try it out and see!

Idiosyncrasies The letters x and z –Double consonants The letter y –Always a vowel

Dactyl v. Spondee Dactyl - has one long vowel and two short Spondee- has two long vowels

Syllable Division A single consonant is pronounced with the following vowel –Example: divinum = di/vi/num Two or more consonants between vowels, the first is pronounced with the preceding vowel and the remaining consonants with the following vowel –Example: transferro = trans/fer/ro Compound words are divided according to their components –Example: abest = ab/est

To Scan a Line… Let’s look at BOOK 1, Line 1. Look to see if there are any elisions. Determine the final two syllables and mark them appropriately. (spondaic) Indicate the last food with the metrical marker / /. Mark the 5th foot appropriately and indicate the foot markers. (dactylic)

BOOK I, LINE 1 Mark the first syllable of the line LONG. Mark all syllables that are long by nature (dipthongs, etc.) Determine which syllables are long by position (followed by 2 consonants or x/z) Mark the remaining syllables short. Divide the rest of the line into feet (using the rules of syllable division)--each foot must contain a dactyl or spondee. Count the feet to make sure you have six!