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Scansion marks6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() See Sample 13-11: Sentences with Foot and Caesura Symbols on page 13-25. Do not insert a letter indicator when foot division results in a letter standing alone. See Sample 13-10: Attribution with First Writing on page 13-24. Attributions are shown with the first writing of the material and omitted in the second writing. Titles/authors are only included with the second writings if they include symbols of scansion, accent/stress, or meter. Titles and authors are shown with the first writing only. Contractions are not used in the second writing when some words are syllabified, and metered lines show only foot and/or caesura symbols.į. A line break may not occur within a foot, e.g., between the vertical bars.Į. Exception: Do not break a line at a meter symbol when it is unspaced within a word.ĭ. The foot and caesura symbols may begin or end a braille line when it is necessary to divide a poetic line between braille lines. The caesura is usually the double slash or double vertical bar.Ĭ. The foot is usually the slash or vertical bar (pipe). Use the names given in print (if any) when identifying the symbols for these signs. Meter symbols are identified on the Special Symbols page, or in a transcriber's note before the text. Follow print spacing of symbols and punctuation.ī. These symbols are used to represent the signs indicating meter or rhythmic pattern of poetic lines. ![]() A caesura indicates a long pause in the middle of a line.Ī. Foot division can appear within a word. The meter is the number of feet in a line. Each section between the slashes or vertical bars is a foot. See Sample 13-9: Poetic Lines with Stress Marks on pageġ3.9.4 Meter. ![]() Example 13-5: Diagrammed Scansion with Ictus (Slash) and X The second writing is uncontracted with the appropriate accent/stress symbol inserted unspaced before the first vowel of the affected syllable, even when the symbol appears above a consonant or a different vowel. The second writing includes font attributes, scansion, accent, and meter symbols.į. To help display the second writing, the "margin" for the second writing is cell 3, using the standard nested list format (3-7, 5-7).Į. The first and second writings are separated by a blank line.ĭ. Font attributions used to indicate stress are ignored in the first writing.Ĭ. Scansion, accent, and meter are not used in the first writing.ī. The first writing includes the title and author or other attribution.Ī. Example 13-4: Poem with Deep Indentionġ3.9.3 The complete poem, with accent marks or scansion, is written twice. Normal poetry indention is used, even if print is deeply indented. See Sample 13-1: Centered Poem on page 13-13.ĭ. All lines in centered, not shaped, poems or stanzas are in A line of poetry may not be divided between braille pages. Exception: A blank line is not inserted between a cell-5 heading entry word and a poem in a glossary.ī. Poems are preceded and followed by a blank line. All runovers begin two cells to the right of the farthest indented level.Ī. Each subentry level begins two cells to the right of the previous level. Example 13-1: Poetic Lines within Narrative Textġ3.3.1 The indention pattern is based on the entire poem. Identify the symbols on the Special Symbols page, or in a transcriber's note before the text. Follow print for spacing of symbols, which may begin or end a braille line. Follow print use for either a slash or vertical bar to indicate where one poetic line ends and another begins.Ĭ. 13.2 Poetry within Narrative Textġ3.2.1 Follow print when poetry is embedded within narrative text.ī. Moving the material to the margin helps to identify the basic form of the poetry by the use of margins. ![]() If a dedication is very short, the page may appear to be blank. In braille, the material must first be found. This material is often centered on the page as well as on the line. Identification of left and right parentheses in poem using unusual punctuationĬentering poetry in print is visually attractive.Explanation of uncontracted braille for poem with unusual combinations of punctuation marks and letters.Three blank cells indicate wide spacing in a poem.Vertical bar used for poetic line break within narrative text.Slash used for poetic line break within narrative text.See Section 15, Line-Numbered and Line-Lettered Text, §15.5, Numbered Lines in Poetry §15.7, Poetic Rhyme Scheme.ġ3.1.2 Special Symbols and Transcriber's Notes Special Symbols It also covers lyrics written without musical notation, and the use of punctuation and shape as a poetic device. 13.1.1 This section covers poetry written in prose, in rhyme, and in other configurations. ![]()
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