To suggest a thread written only in Iambic Pentameter?

[ethelfleda]

If you think I know how it works, you’re wrong

(I don’t know if that counts, does it?)

To be or not to be, that is the question...

I don't really get it. I think it's something to do with the beat of the words.

I just know Shakespeare and Marlowe both used a lot, so if you're talking about them, it's a good one to chuck in.

Hmmm YABU
Haiku however - yes please
Thankyouverymuch.

My kind of thread! I'd say I'm in!

Though those above have so far lost the game

De da, de da, de da, de da, de da.

I reckon you've a really good idea
Replies may be quite boring though I fear

I think that sounds an awf’lly good idea
Though using it in practice might be hard

An iamb is a unit of poetic meter consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one eg da-DUM. The word ‘above’ is an iamb.

Iambic pentameter is five iambic ‘feet’ strung together in a line of verse

da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM Da-DUM

Eg Keats’
When I do count the clock that tells the time

is a totally regular iambic pentameter line. But you can play around with variants,

I really want my wine but it’s too far
And all I’ve got is biscuits in a jar

I can't begin to write a verse like this.

There’s no way I can keep that up for long.

It’s like you asked me to revert to song.

I think you'll fail, though tis a fine approach...

That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace,
We will perform in measure, time and place. (I think)

And now confusion turns my mind to mush.

The fall from grace involved a mighty push.

I really want my wine but it’s too far
And all I’ve got is biscuits in a jar

But biscuits make my belly look too fat
I'll settle for a cuddle with my cat

There's not a lot to say that fits the bill.

One wonders how the poet said so much,
With such expression and dramatic flair.

Indeed the plots alone defy belief,
With true complexity and character.

This is a most fine way to start a thread
But those who cannot play might be displeased

So.... Is

What is this life if full of care
We have no time to stand and stare

Iambic pentametre?

Can someone please explain this all to me?

Am I for real or was i just lucky?

@ClashCityRocker

I fear your rhyme is but a mere quadrameter
Because it has but 4 feet in the run of it
(Alas I could not make this verse scan right)

Clash

Iambic tetrameter

So many nights awake in bed I’ve lain
While listening to the patter of the rain
But from the next door room, there’s not a peep
My child just hugs his cuddly - fast asleep.

Alternate syllables are stressed so famously

The quality of mercy is not strained
"The QUAlitY of MERcy IS not STRAIN'D" where capital syllables are emphasised and lower case syllables are unstressed.

HAppy rather than haPPY.

Do you see what I mean?