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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
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
iambic pentameter by TTB March 15, 2004
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iambic pentameter
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.
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
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
iambic pentameter
iambic pentameter by Siphos August 4, 2004
Iambic Bantameter
Any series of remarks, or a single remark, of a high banter level; usually something witty, pretentious, urbane or academic in nature is best defined by Iambic Bantameter, a rhythm of speech best found in the casts of student productions of Shakespeare.
Iambic Bantameter by abohemianisyou February 22, 2011
iambic pentametARGH!
iambic pentameter: a poetic meter consisting of a line with five feet in each of which the iamb is dominant.
argh: what a pirate says to express annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.
iambic pentametARGH!: what a pirate says to express annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration about iambic pentameter.
argh: what a pirate says to express annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.
iambic pentametARGH!: what a pirate says to express annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration about iambic pentameter.
iambic pentametARGH! by Pseudonymthewild@gmail.com March 11, 2013
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