In the case of the latter, the survival of the syllable "man" in Le Mans is due to the stress laid on the vowel; had the vowel been short and unaccented, it would have disappeared. [Please select]
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The first and third lines of each stanza have an added unaccented syllable, while the second and fourth have just three full feet. [Please select]
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Short syllables are those which are unaccented, even though the vowel has the long sound. [Please select]
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"It is virtually finished," repeated McKay in his toneless, unaccented voice which carried such terrible conviction to the other man. [Please select]
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The poetical accents sometimes fall on unaccented syllables and sometimes on monosyllabic words that are not emphatic, but usually the metrical accent of any given word corresponds to its logical accent. [Please select]
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