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Any measured sequence of strokes or blows, or the sound thereby produced; the march of measured sound or of verse. Also beat-rhythm (see 1873 –4).
Subcategories:
— rhythmical or metrical stress (10)
— strong stress (2)
— thesis (3)
— preposition or conjunction at end of line (1)
— overweighting or instance of (2)
— lowering or raising of normal stress (2)