Abstract:
This study deals with the use of scansion in the William Wordsworth‟s poems.
There were two main objectives in this study. The first was to find out the
metrical foot and line in William Wordsworth‟s poems. The second was to find
out the kind of metrical feet dominantly appeared in William Wordsworth‟s
poems. Documentation method was used in collecting the data. This study used
descriptive qualitative method for analyzed the data and to describe the findngs.
There were 10 poems in this research as the source of data, Surprised by Joy, To a
Butterfly, With Ships The Sea Was Sprinkled, Glad Sight Whenever New With Old,
It Is a Beauteous Evening, Calm, and Free, The Daffodils, I Travelled Among
Unknown Men, Great Men Have Been Among Us, At Furness Abbey, The World
Is Too Much With Us. The findings showed there were five kinds of metrical feet
found in William Wordsworth‟s poems, Monosyllabic (Masculine or Feminine
Ending), Iambic, Trochaic, Dsctylic, and Anapestic.The total number of
Monosyllabic (Masculine Ending) was (3), (Feminine Ending) was (12), Iambic
was (609), Trochaic was (44), Dactylic was (11), and Anapestic was (8). Iambic
was the kinds of metrical feet that mostly appeared in William Wordsworth‟s
poems with the total number 609
