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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Iambic pentameter
is this in iambic pentameter?
Tell me about the shopping cart in the store.
Tell me how I helped with the chores.
Tell me about the shopping cart in the store.
Tell me how I helped with the chores.
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Heck, no! The shopping cart was sitting in the store. Please tell me how I helped you with the chores.
- Heck, no!
- The shopping cart was sitting in the store.
- Please tell me how I helped you with the chores.
- For one thing, your syllable count is off.
- It should be ten.
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Heck, no!
The shopping cart was sitting in the store.
Please tell me how I helped you with the chores.
For one thing, your syllable count is off. It should be ten.
Your first line has eleven, and your second line has eight.
"Tell me" is trochaic (strong-weak). That's backward.
Listen to some examples that you know are right:
I fa
The shopping cart was sitting in the store.
Please tell me how I helped you with the chores.
For one thing, your syllable count is off. It should be ten.
Your first line has eleven, and your second line has eight.
"Tell me" is trochaic (strong-weak). That's backward.
Listen to some examples that you know are right:
I fa
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