Jane, Susan and Timothy The first name has one syllable, the second name has two and the last has three. But only one syllable in each word is heavily stressed. You can see this more clearly if we change the size of the written syllables according to their relative importance. So, imagine them as:
Jane, Susan and Timothy
1. Stressed syllables, such as jane, su and ti, are different from unstressed (sometimes called weak) syllables in a number of ways. To start with, they tend to be both relatively loud and long,relative, that is not only to any other syllables in the same word but also to unimportant words such as “and”.
The importance of stressed syllables in terms of rhythm can be shown if we change the order of the sequence of names.
