I don't understand how to determine how many accented syllables there are in lines of poetry...

How do you tell?

Example:
When the north wind blows its icy air to cool the earth,

8 answers

"The earth is the Lord's,and the fullness thereof."
The accented syllable is the syllable in the word that you automatically say louder or more clearly.
hemolysis
The wrinkled sea beheath him crawls.
idk wat a accented syllable is ????????????????????????? :(
chemical
anyone
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