Iambic Pentameter

Reading this book by Stephen Fry at the moment and currently covering the iambic pentameter. As an exercise in its use I came up with random lines as suggested by Stephen but as I wrote them they worked themselves together and this is the result. Iambic Pentameter The hands of time they tick and then they tock And all my time I’d gladly spend with you You tease me so I’m always on the brink But thoughts of you are all the thoughts I think

I mentioned before in this blog that I’m reading Will and Ariel Durant’s eleven-volume masterpiece The Story of Civilization. Recently, in Volume Nine about The Age of Voltaire, they discussed Alexander Pope, the eighteenth century English poet who, among other things, translated the Iliad into English poetry using iambic pentameter…

The sonnet, literally meaning “little song,” has withstood the test of time, and it is easy to see why. In current day, the English sonnet contains four quatrains and a couplet written in iambic pentameter. Typically, the sonnet reflects upon one sentiment and concludes with a turn of thought (volta)…

This child of mine, he sees my dogs and laughs The way he coos and squeals, it fills your heart He reaches out and grasps their hair like so But oh, my, oh, these dogs of mine they don’t Appreciate the playful touch of his They walk away, they leave him on his own Oh, child of mine, he sees no wrong, he smiles And looks away to find another game

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