<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Prosody</li><li>the metrical analysis of verse</li><li>The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or ′ for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.</li></ul>