The first experiment assessed the applications against expert scansions of a large corpus to determine which one identifies rhythm the best. In each of three experiments, three applications are tested: one does not use syntax (Scandroid), one uses it for stress assignments only (Revised Scandroid), and one, which I have developed, uses it to determine both stress and scansion (Phonological Scansion). The research seeks to evaluate the impact of syntax on scansion generally and computer scansion in particular.
However, no current computer scansion program references it, and most recent research has overlooked it (Hayes, 2005). One improvement is proposed by recent linguistic research: according to Hayes and Kaun (1996), syntax is an essential component in both stress and scansion assignment. The best, including Scandroid (Hartman, 2005), only scan as well as the undergraduates they are designed to help, because they depend on unreliable procedures to identify the stress in syllables and the rhythm in lines.
In the last decade a large number of computer programs have been developed to identify scansion in English poetry – that is, the intended rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
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