stress-verse

noun

1

: verse having rhythm produced by recurrence of stresses without regard to number of syllables or any fixed distribution of unstressed elements

2

: verse having cadence produced by arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables : accentual meter, as distinguished from meter based on temporal quantity

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