Accent

The syllable you want is not the first;
The second has the main accent, that's key,
Then lightly on the fourth: despairingly
Is such a word, and surely not the worst.
They come at you in a depressing burst:
Ridiculous, unravelling (that's me),
Impassable. My endless pedantry
Amuses no one, though it's well rehearsed —

We pedants grant ourselves the rights of kings.
As long as the dark urge to plagiarize
Stays locked behind the tunnel of your eyes,
Whatever is, is right. No mermaid sings
To Alfred. No ideas but in things.
And get the accents right! Metastasize.