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Classical scansion — macron and breve

The original marks for scansion came from the quantitative meter of classical prosody where long syllables were marked with a macron( ¯), and short syllables were marked with a breve ( ˘).

˘   ¯      ˘   ¯       ˘     ¯  ˘   ¯  ˘    ¯

But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?

Symbol	Syllable Type	Description
¯	Long	Syllable has a long duration
˘	Short	Syllable has a short duration

Ictus and breve

˘   /      ˘   /       ˘     /  ˘   /  ˘    /

But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?

Ictus and x

x   /      x   /       x     /  x   /  x    /

But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?

Bridges

˘   ⋀     ˘    ⋀      ˘     ⋀  ˘   ⋀  ˘    ⋀

But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS?