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an:emen-Inform,'mantnesnoresam|genssomniacoelumtino-;§ 166 PROSODY.—METRE. 327§ 166. SCANNING.866 — Scanning is <strong>the</strong> measuring <strong>of</strong> verse, or <strong>the</strong> resolving <strong>of</strong> a lineinto <strong>the</strong> several feet <strong>of</strong> which it is composed.To do this properly, a previous acquaintance with <strong>the</strong> rules <strong>of</strong> quantity,and <strong>the</strong> structure <strong>of</strong> each kind <strong>of</strong> verse, is indispensable,—and also with<strong>the</strong> various ways by which syllables in certain situations are varied bycontraction, elision,

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