Pocket Prosody

Find the rhythm hiding in your verse. Pocket Prosody is a private, offline scansion studio for poets, lyricists, students, teachers, actors, and anyone curious about meter. Type or paste a passage to get a suggested stress pattern, then shape the reading yourself. SCAN AND REVISE • See words divided into syllables with suggested stress • Choose alternative pronunciations from the bundled dictionary where alternatives are available • Tap any syllable to correct the reading • Spot uncertain and unrecognized words instead of trusting a black box SEE THE FEET • Follow visible, numbered metrical foot boundaries • Compare iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic patterns • Identify inversions, spondees, pyrrhics, incomplete feet, and other variations • Hear your edited stress pattern as an audible beat EXPORT FINISHED WORK • Create a clean, paginated annotated PDF • Make a high-resolution long PNG image • Include your edited stresses, meter, foot boundaries, and substitution notes • Share only when you choose LEARN BY DOING • Work through 40 original lessons • Progress from meter foundations to boundaries and rhythmic variations • Answer deeper craft-lens questions about how a reading works • Consult the built-in meter and substitution guide KEEP A PRIVATE NOTEBOOK • Save and revisit drafts • Keep lesson progress on your device • Export a readable local backup After download, Pocket Prosody works on iPhone and iPad without an account or internet connection. There are no ads, analytics, tracking, subscriptions, or in-app purchases. Drafts and practice history are stored locally. Your notebook is never attached to feedback automatically. Optional feedback opens an email draft for you to review and send. Scansion is interpretive. Pocket Prosody offers a considered starting point, not a verdict. Every stress mark remains yours to change. One purchase. A quieter way to listen to language.