Accentual Verse

[Leanne]

*There are traditional verse forms that require only a certain number of stresses per line as opposed to metric feet; however, all of these verse forms also have additional requirements such as alliteration, assonance, combinations of differing numbers of syllables per word, slant rhymes, etc. The idea that there is such a thing as "accentual verse" where the only requirement is the number of stresses per line is somewhat ludicrous.