And smále fówles máken mélodíe.
Chaucer, Prol. line 9.
And réassémbling óur afflícted pówers.
Milton, Parad. L. i. 186
§ 83. With regard to modulation, too, the lines with diaeresis differ from those without it. In lines with diaeresis all syllables or words with a rhythmic accent upon them are pronounced with nearly the same stress, while in lines without diaeresis the difference between the accented syllables is more noticeable. The two following examples taken from Milton’s Paradise Lost will serve to illustrate this, the difference of stress being indicated by different numbers under the accented syllables:
Had cást him óut from Héaven with áll his hóst
0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
And réassémbling óur afflícted pówers.
0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2
As a general rule, the syllables which stand in an arsis are, just because they bear the metrical stress, of course more strongly accented than those which stand in a thesis.