Musical Accent Example

In poetry, the syllables that are pronounced most strongly in a verse are the tonal syllables. The combination of these tonal syllables in the verses of each stanza is what determines the cadence and musicality of the poem. This accentuation is known as musical accent,tonal accent or accent melodic.

In the art of poetry, the musical accent is achieved by accommodating the words within a pattern of constant rhythm, which often coincides with the rhyme, and in which, the stressed syllables occupy approximately the same place in each verse, determining the musicality of the stanza. This change in tone is accomplished in two ways. The first is through the syllabic accentuation of the words; the second, by means of orthographic signs, such as exclamation or question marks.

It should be noted that the melodic or musical accent is characteristic of typically tonal languages ​​where the syllables have an independent intonation, such as Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Swedish, Japanese, and various dialects such as the Wu language, Chinese and some indigenous languages American.

In the case of Spanish, the musical, melodic, or tonal accent, is assimilated to the prosodic accent because they coincide in their function of varying the tone.

Example of musical accent:

(The stressed syllable is bold and italic)

How far istoy of my hogar,

Me!, in a rewithdito lugar,

Not!. You may still dozetar,

TOcre encowhilegive watertar.