Latin Scansion

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Scansion is the process by which long and short syllables of Latin poetry are derived in order to read the poetry in the proper rhythm and to determine the particular effect a poet is trying to create. The beat of each syllable (long or short) is determined by whether the vowel in that syllable is long or short.