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Accent: A detail, brushstroke, or area of color placed in a painting for emphasis.

Wrenched Accent: As Babette Deutsch phrases it, wrenched accent is 'The triumph of metrical stress over word accent when the two conflict' (195). Normally, a word like body typically has a strong stress on t . . . View Full Definition

Accentual Verse: Lines whose rhythm arises from its stressed syllables rather than from the number of its syllables, or from the length of time devoted to their sounding. Old english poems such as beowulf an . . . View Full Definition

Accentual-Syllabic Verse: Lines whose rhythm arises by the number and alternation of its stressed and unstressed syllables, organized into feet. Most english poems from the renaissance to the late eighteenth century . . . View Full Definition

Acute Accent: A diacritical mark indicating primary stress.

Hovering Accent: Another term for spondee. See spondee.

Blank Verse: Unrhyming iambic pentameter, also called heroic verse, a ten-syllable line and the usual rhythm of english dramatic and epic poetry from its introduction by henry howard, earl of surrey, in . . . View Full Definition

Breve: A mark in the shape of a bowl-like half circle that indicates a light stress or an unaccented syllable.

Diacritic: An accent or change to a normal alphabetical letter to differentiate its pronunciation.

Beat: When a player gets past an opponent trying to block or tackle him.