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Identify the stressed syllables in the stanza below:

A hundred men as the King heard say
The Abbot kept in his house every day
And fifty gold chains without any doubt
In velvet coats waited the Abbot about

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The stressed syllables are in bold.The unstressed are replaced with dashes.

A hun--- men as the King heard say
The Abb-- kept in his house ev--- day
And fif-- gold chains ----out any doubt
In vel ----coats wait-- the Abb-- -bout
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