Pentamento 

a blog about pens and poetry

Pentamento a play on words for "pens"

Pentamento by Ontheroad December 23, 2008

iambic pentameter 

Each set of sounds has one that shall be stressed
and in these two shall there be one is not
of sets of two no less than five be wrought
and with these sets a subject be addressed
if with these lines one seeks to form a verse
the rhymes each line one first must understand
two sets of four the first and last shall stand
between lay those who differ from the first

at the end of all shall be six lines again
cointaineth they the rhythm of above
their rhyme can differ but I shall begin
with rhyme of three and then the same again
second different from those it is one of
'tis pit'ous that I lack a line to end

See above as example...

iambic pentameter by TTB March 15, 2004

iambic pentameter 

A conspiracy theory that gives English teachers a job.

Principal: You're fired.

Teacher: What for?

Principal: You don't teach anything.

Teacher: Yes I do. I'm currently teaching... I...am...err... Iambic pentameter.

Principal: Iambic what?

Teacher: It's a complex literary device. It's really important.

Principal: Oh, well then you'd better keep your job.

iambic pentameter by Failliam Suckspeare April 22, 2010

pentamnemonic 

A mnemonic based on every 5th item to be remembered, using one's fingers as a kind of abacus. You put up one finger for each one as you go along. When you reach the fifth finger, that becomes the first letter of the mnemonic. This device works well when the number of entities to be recalled is too large for conventional mnemonics to easily accommodate.

Example: Nlnci Sjgai is one possible pentamnemonic for all the countries with some coastline on the continent of Eurasia. If you start with the western-most point-Portugal-and go clockwise around the coast, your first 'bookmark country' is Netherlands, and you end with Italy. (Just add on Monaco, the 51st country) Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, NETHERLANDS: Germany, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, LITHUANIA. When your little finger gets extended, you must always arrive on a country that begins with one of the consecutive letters in Nlnci Sjgai, or you forgot a country.

pentamnemonic by Recursive Prophet November 27, 2007

pentamnemonic 

A mnemonic system based on every 5th item to be recalled. It is quite useful for alert young minds, but can be misused by those in their dotage.

Surprised nobody caught this, but the example for pentamnemonic above explains my concern about seniors employing this technique. If your mouse requires a walker, you might make the same mistake and get it wrong.

I forgot Kaliningrad in the original example, which is a disconnected part of Russia, and inserted Estonia in it's place. Estonia is actually north of Latvia, which borders Lithuania. Its a small planet, and 70% is water. With only 193 countries there's no excuse for misplacing them. Sorry.

pentamnemonic by Recursive Prophet January 4, 2008

ebonic pentameter 

A general term for rap lyrics. From Ebonics and Iambic Pentameter, the style that Shakespeare wrote in.

The song "Laugh Now, Cry Later," is in ebonic pentameter.

ebonic pentameter by Sen. D.S. Rutheford June 11, 2006

iambic pentameter 

The bullshit that is forced upon english students worldwide. Completly subjective, yet somehow grade-able (how?).

I have to write an entire 3pg essay in iambic pentameter but i cant seem to hear the strssed and un-stressed syllables. FUCK!

iambic pentameter by devdogg January 28, 2005