Scansion

[Sarah]

The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of averse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

[Sarah]

A flesh eating inflamation of the patellae, spreading slowly to the tibia and fibula, until gangrene kicks in and urgent amputational surgery is necessary. In most cases it creates a nasty smell and oozes snail-slime-like liquid everywhere, infecting others as it enters the nasal tracts and with even clothing contact.

[Dorothey Allen]

the rhythm of a line of poetry, or the process of examining the rhythm of a line of poetry

[Luis Fok]

The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.