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If it's A,b,c,A,b,c,..., shouldn't just "Christ" be stressed, as opposed to the whole "Christmas"?
A metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable. An example from Phillip Brooks's poem, "Christmas Everywhere", is a good example:
A metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable. An example from Phillip Brooks's poem, "Christmas Everywhere", is a good example:
{{cquote|'''Every'''where, '''every'''where, '''Christmas''' to'''night'''. <br> '''Christmas''' in the '''lands''' of the '''fir-tree''' and '''pines.'''}}
{{cquote|'''Every'''where, '''every'''where, '''Christ'''mas to'''night'''. <br> '''Christmas''' in the '''lands''' of the '''fir-tree''' and '''pines.'''}}
1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4
1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4