im writting a sonnet and I need help to figure out the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables because i dont really get it.

A stressed syllable is the part of a word that you say with greater emphasis than the other syllables. Alternatively, an unstressed syllable is a part of a word that you say with less emphasis than the stressed syllable(s). However, you don't emphasize or deemphasize syllables using volume; instead, you use pitch.

Explanation:

oh i didn't know thx for tell me hallelujah

dr. kings dream speech

explanation:

it was late in the day and hot, and after a long march and an afternoon of speeches about federal legislation, unemployment and racial and social justice, the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. finally stepped to the lectern, in front of the lincoln memorial, to address the crowd of 250,000 gathered on the national mall.