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adj. - (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; Of or pertaining to (verbal) stress.

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  • accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line
  • English verse only two possible feet -- the so-called accentual Trochee and Dactyl, and correspondingly only two possible uniform rhythms, the so-called
  • English versification by substituting for rime and accentual meter the
  • That is, to partially get rid of your most remarkable accentual features.
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