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In this example, the
accented syllables are in capital letters since using the actual symbols (/
for strong syllables and a shallow u, called a “breve,” for unaccented
syllables) is difficult in PowerPoint.
When you sound out a section of poetry, exaggerating your natural
pronunciation of words can help you to see the metrical pattern. Multisyllabic words are especially helpful;
for example, you would say CURfew, not curFEW and PARTing, not partING, so
the accented syllables in those words would help you to determine the
pattern.
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