| For these, too, the general law observed in all accentual poetry holds good, viz. |
| And he expounds the English accentual verse-system with clearness and vigor. |
| In form the kontakion was a series of up to 22 rhythmical stanzas, all constructed on the same accentual pattern and ending with the same short refrain. |
| The rhythmic system, deriving from poetry, was based on long short relationships rather than strong weak accentual metre. |
| There is no such thing as quantity except so far as it is accentual also. |
| The main law for all accentual versification is this, that verse-accent must always coincide with word-accent. |
