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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Iambic Pentameter sonnet...Need help
Iambic pentameter is really hard for me to do...am i doing this right
they poke and joke and call you a real freak
making fun at all your imperfections
disregard them don't give them what they seek
those cowards won't look at their reflections
they poke and joke and call you a real freak
making fun at all your imperfections
disregard them don't give them what they seek
those cowards won't look at their reflections
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An iambic pentameter consists of five feet, each of which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. There is not one of your four lines that satisfies these requirements. The first line would work if you changed it to: They poke and joke and call you nas ty names.
- An iambic pentameter consists of five feet, each of which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
- There is not one of your four lines that satisfies these requirements.
- The first line would work if you changed it to: They poke and joke and call you nas ty names.
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An iambic pentameter consists of five feet, each of which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. There is not one of your four lines that satisfies these requirements. The first line would work if you changed it to:
They poke and joke and call you nasty names.
They poke and joke and call you nasty names.
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