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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Help with Iambic Pentameter...
I need help with a sonnet I'm writing for my british literature class... I have no idea how to write in iambic pentameter... i'm pretty much deaf to the meter. If someone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
I only have lines 1-8 done so far, and I'm struggling greatly.
Though death does claim thy worn heart all in time,
Thy faith and loves truth can it not yet take.
In spirit, thou shall forever remain in rhyme,
Forever alive in those where love doeth ache.
Though hearts will mend, small pieces here now are gone;
Living, in dreams, shattered by deep sorrow.
While lives go on, their spirits remain withdrawn,
Hoping, by chance, that faith doth bring morrow.
Someone please let me know if I'm on the right track. Thank you.
-Jenn
I only have lines 1-8 done so far, and I'm struggling greatly.
Though death does claim thy worn heart all in time,
Thy faith and loves truth can it not yet take.
In spirit, thou shall forever remain in rhyme,
Forever alive in those where love doeth ache.
Though hearts will mend, small pieces here now are gone;
Living, in dreams, shattered by deep sorrow.
While lives go on, their spirits remain withdrawn,
Hoping, by chance, that faith doth bring morrow.
Someone please let me know if I'm on the right track. Thank you.
-Jenn
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Hi Jenn. Iambic pentameter is easy-- just five light-HEAVY stresses in a line. The trick is in making it match natural speech reasonably well; unnaturally stressing normally unstressed syllables is a no-no.
- Hi Jenn.
- Iambic pentameter is easy-- just five light-HEAVY stresses in a line.
- The trick is in making it match natural speech reasonably well; unnaturally stressing normally unstressed syllables is a no-no.
- A line of iambic pentameter scans like this: u/ u/ u/ u/ u/ ( u = light or unstressed; / = heavy or stressed).
- Here is a prose sentence in iambic pentameter: I went to town to see the girl I love.
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Hi Jenn. Iambic pentameter is easy-- just five light-HEAVY stresses in a line. The trick is in making it match natural speech reasonably well; unnaturally stressing normally unstressed syllables is a no-no. A line of iambic pentameter scans like this: u/ u/ u/ u/ u/ (u = light or unstressed; / = heavy or stressed). Here is a prose sentence in iambic pentameter: I wen
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if i change those lines, then i need to add more syllables, don't I? so how do I make it sound at all like what I want it to if I have to add strange syllables in?
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Though death doth claim thy worn heart all in time,
Thy faith and truth of love it cannot take.
In spirit, forever remain in rhyme,
Forever live in those where love doth ache.
Though hearts will mend, small pieces now are gone;
In dreams, they remain, deep in sorrow.
While lives go on, their spirits keep withdrawn,
In hopes that
Thy faith and truth of love it cannot take.
In spirit, forever remain in rhyme,
Forever live in those where love doth ache.
Though hearts will mend, small pieces now are gone;
In dreams, they remain, deep in sorrow.
While lives go on, their spirits keep withdrawn,
In hopes that
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Though death doth claim thy worn heart all in time, -- OK
Thy faith and truth of love it cannot take. -- OK
In spirit, forever remain in rhyme, -- u/ uu/ uu/ u/ -- Nope; you kept the mistakes and dropped a perfectly good foot. Change the underlined anapests to iambs and add another iambic foot.
Forever live in those where love doth
Thy faith and truth of love it cannot take. -- OK
In spirit, forever remain in rhyme, -- u/ uu/ uu/ u/ -- Nope; you kept the mistakes and dropped a perfectly good foot. Change the underlined anapests to iambs and add another iambic foot.
Forever live in those where love doth
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