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Unstressed-stressed is a term used in linguistics and poetics to describe a syllable sequence in which one syllable is unstressed and the following syllable is stressed. In phonetics, stress marks relative prominence: the stressed syllable is typically louder, longer, and higher in pitch. Unstressed syllables often feature vowel reduction, such as a schwa in English.
In English, stress can distinguish word meaning and part of speech, and patterns vary across words. For
In poetry, the most common unstressed-stressed foot is the iamb. A line of iambic pentameter consists of
Phonology also notes that some languages have fixed word stress, such as Finnish, where the first syllable
The term unfolds a core asymmetry in pronunciation and verse that underpins rhythm, intelligibility, and word