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Welcome. Todays lesson is lyrical on Meter and flow using Accent tags. This will become appealing and apparent as you listen, very useful to change a passage feel even it's meaning. Give it a listen and see if your ears can hear the difference in the context feel even the beat.

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[stressed] the river bends around the stone

[stressed] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[unstressed] the river bends around the stone

[unstressed] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[primary_stress] the river bends around the stone

[primary_stress] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[secondary_stress] the river bends around the stone

[secondary_stress] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[iambic] the river bends around the stone

[iambic] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[trochaic] river bends around the stone

[trochaic] silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[anapestic] the river bends around the stone

[anapestic] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[dactylic] river bends around the stone

[dactylic] silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[spondee] bend stone break tone

[spondee] dark light sharp night

</verse>

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[pyrrhic] in the of the to the

[pyrrhic] and a on a by a

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[meter:iambic_pentameter] the river bends around the silent stone

[meter:iambic_pentameter] the silence breaks beneath the fading tone

</verse>

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[prosody:flowing] the river bends around the stone

[prosody:flowing] the silence breaks beneath the tone

</verse>

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[prosody:choppy] river / bends / around / the / stone

[prosody:choppy] silence / breaks / beneath / the / tone

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