Iambic pentameter

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guys please help me...i dont know if this is an aimbic pentameter

A There’s no wall you cant break in the name of love

B No boundary you cant cross

A You whisper your thought to a morning dove

B Hoping it will plant a seed to your loss

C Taking a glimpse at your skin, you noticed the difference

D stepping back you take a deep breath

C rumors going around, quiet, he listens

D the loud thud of your biting heart fills the room

E bright blue eyes glaring back at you with love

F he falls to his knees, he’s heart skips a beat

E Now you can see the doves flying above

F he shall be mine and I forever yours

G life is full of color, but love is a battlefield

G even if it took the last breath to your living soul

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

To begin with, how many syllables can you count in each line?

Clive

Avangi · Answer

Anonymous A There’s no wall you cant break in the name of love
B No boundary you cant cross

A You whisper your thought to a morning dove

B Hoping it will plant a seed to your loss

C Taking a glimpse at your skin, you noticed the difference

D stepping back you take a deep breath

C rumors going around, quiet, he listens

D the loud thud of your biting heart fills the room

E bright blue eyes glaring back at you with love

F he falls to his knees, he’s heart skips a beat

E Now you can see the doves flying above

F he shall be mine and I forever yours

G life is full of color, but love is a battlefield

G even if it took the last breath to your living soul
Only the highlighted line seems to be in iambic pentameter.

Your second line is iambic quatrain, if you pronounce "bound'ry" with two syllables.
Edit.Sorry, I can't think of the correct term for a four-foot line!
Hmmm - "tetrameter." Thanks, Mrs. Google.
Well, I'm really falling all over myself here! It has only three feet! (iambic trimeter)

Now you can see the doves flying above is close. Only the word "flying" has a reverse stress - strong/weak instead of weak/strong. This is "trochaic" instead of "iambic."

Now you can see the doves perform above. (This would be "iambic.")
Notice that you have to stress "you," instead of "Now."

Similarly, in the highlighted line you need to stress "shall" instead of "he."

In actual practice, these last two points would often be overlooked.

Avangi · Answer

Hi, Baller. Did you perchance reply to the old thread by mistake??

I was going to suggest that you could repair the first line as follows:
There is no wall you cannot break for love. (removing the contractions)

You whisper thoughts to tempt a morning dove.

And stepping back you take a deeper breath.

Her bright blue eyes glare back at you with love.

Get the idea??

(Those were the easy ones, although they may not say what you mean.)

Rgdz, - A.

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