Rhythm and Meter. The vocal melody begins with an anacrustic figure that conforms to the accentuation of the text but violates the ${}_8^3$ meter. It suggests a countervailing ${}_8^2$ meter, which is supported by the orchestral melodies. Stravinsky's barring in ${}_8^3$ conforms to the accentuation of the text, but contradicts the upbeat feeling of the opening melodic figure and the placement of the orchestral melodies. My rebarring in ${}_8^2$ undermines the written meter, and creates a misaccentuation of the text