B. SPANISH VERSE ENDINGS An accented word is called aguda when it has the accent on the last syllable, e.g. verdad, luz, yo; llana (or grave) when it has the accent on the penult, e.g. trabajo, fruto; esdrújula when it has the accent on the antepenult, e.g. límpido, pájaro, pórtico.

Therefore, fábula and lágrimas assonate in á-a; trémulo and vértigo assonate in é-o. Words accented on the last syllable (agudas) cannot assonate with words accented on the penult (llanas), or with those accented on the antepenult (esdrújulas) or upon any preceding syllable.

When the last syllable has a short vowel, such a penult, if accented, takes the circumflex.

One syllable has stress of course, And words of two the first enforce; In longer words the penult guides, Its quantity the point decides; If long, 'tis there the accent's due, If short, accent the last but two; For accent, in a Latin word, Should ne'er go higher than the third.

The name "St. H~l=e´n~a," as pronounced by Worcester, and as commonly heard, is two trochees; but "Hel´ena," for Helen, having the penult short, takes the accent on the first syllable, which is thereby made long, though the vowel sound is called short.