W Wedge Verse See Rhopalic Wheel An alliterative rhyming quatrain with four-stress lines that follows the so-called bob, known together as a bob-and-wheel. Whimsy or Whimsey A fanciful or fantastic creation in writing or art. Wordsmith A person who works with words; a skillful writer. Wrenched Accent A forced change in the normal accent of a word syllable(s) to make the word conform to the prevailing metrical pattern. While it may result from faulty versification, it was conventional in the folk ballad and is sometimes used deliberately for comic effects.
