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    A metrical digression

    Quote Originally Posted by ali8780 View Post

    I'm not sure if it's iambic pentameter....
    (Chuckle) That was for the other thread.

    Limericks traditionally are in an anapestic meter. The anapest "unit" is (short short long) or (soft soft hard) if you prefer. The limerick's lines contain 3, 3, 2+2, and 3 of those.

    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM (trimeter :-)
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM (tetrameter)
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM


    Iambic pentameter means 5 iambs (dee DUM) as in:

    Quote Originally Posted by Auld Will;
    Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
    To the last syllable of recorded time;
    Iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme, for instance most of Shakespeare's plays, is called blank verse. Rhymed couplets, available at extra cost, are a nice way to close out a speech.
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    What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed
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    I know of a fellow named Sandy
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    On X Marks the Scot,
    And in a white tie, he looks dandy!

    A fellow named Matt made my kilt.
    My silk dandelion won't wilt.
    I make my own hose
    To go with my clothes
    And try to dress "Scotch to the hilt".

    Grandfather often is hot,
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    Quote Originally Posted by fluter View Post
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
    I'll admit that your submission rhymes and has a certain flow but to me this is cheating.

    Oh crap! Now it's stuck in my head.

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