| A | B |
|---|
| scansion | marking the long and short syllables of each food and verse |
| meter | the rhythm of a verse |
| hexameter | 6 foot line with dactyls and spondees |
| dactyl | long, short, short syllables |
| spondee | long, long syllables |
| trochee | long, short syllables |
| elision | elimination of final vowels, dipthongs, -m endings before words beginning with vowel or h- |
| spondaic line (mood) | slows down action, shows grief, hardship |
| dactylic line (mood) | quick, light rhythm |
| prodelision | elision using es, est |
| ecthlipsis | elsion with wording ending in -m |
| hiatus | no elision occurs where it should normally |
| foot | one measure |
| verse | one line of poetry |
| ictus | metrical stress or accent |
| caesura | a break or pause in the middle of a foot |
| hypermetric line | extra syllable on end of line |
| syncope | cutting off a letter or syllable to fit the meter |
| correption | a normally long sound becomes short to fit the meter |
