Scansion Art plays with using visual symbols to represent the rhythm, sounds, and devices used in poetry, expressing the development of patterns and overall shape of poetic forms.
Poem copyright by Kate Jo Westfall
About 18" x 18"
Framed poem and key will be provided
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Buckled To A CompassEven if I never learn to fly,
I’ll keep a compass buckled to my thigh
so that when I trip and fall, I’ll know
the opposite direction I should go.
Acrylic paint on repurposed wood with clock hands
Key
Only rust-colored triangles represent language.
Tall triangles indicate stressed syllables.
Short triangles indicate unstressed syllables.
Connected triangles indicate multi-syllabic words.
Matching horizontal lines indicate assonance within a line.
Matching outlines indicate consonance within a line.
Matching curved lines on triangles indicate rhyme.
