Classical scansion — macron and breve
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The original marks for scansion came from the quantitative meter of classical prosody where long syllables were marked with a macron( ¯), and short syllables were marked with a breve ( ˘).
| ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯
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| But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?
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| Symbol
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Syllable Type
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Description
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| ¯
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Long
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Syllable has a long duration
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| ˘
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Short
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Syllable has a short duration
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| ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
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| But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?
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| x / x / x / x / x /
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| But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?
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| ˘ ⋀ ˘ ⋀ ˘ ⋀ ˘ ⋀ ˘ ⋀
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| But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?
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