Scansion Part – II (Ways to break up a word into syllables)
The Disyllabic Words containing double Consonants are broken by supplying a hyphen between the Consonants, such as;
- Fel-low
- Sum-mer
- Ut-ter
The words containing double Vowels are not separated by a hyphen; both the vowels are taken together as in;
- Boo-king
- See-ing
- Rea-ding
Any word beginning with a Vowel is separated with a hyphen just after that Vowel as in;
- A-bove
- A-lone
- A-rise
Exceptions – Al-ways, An-kle, Ea-gle etc.
The Derivatives containing double Consonants are put as they are without putting a hyphen in between them as in;
- Dull-ness
- Thrill-ing
- Still-ness
Break the following Words into their Syllables:
- Attack
- Suffer
- Interesting
- Lying
- Developed
- Eagerness
- Prioress
- Island
