[Bards] Ahem....

[Cathy Polakoff]

As far as I can tell, yes, this reads as iambic pentameter (except for the 
line about blank verse). See, you do understand this numbered foot stuff!

Give me an email when you get the chance, so we can exchange numbers. I'd 
still like to get together with you to 'talk shop'.

Anna bat Chaim
cathy.polakoff at comcast.net

At 10:34 PM 11/19/2004 -0800, you wrote:

>Thank you, in advance, for your indulgence.
>
>
>
>This British Maiden, she is confus-ed,
>
>Despite the research she hath pursu-ed:
>
>One foot, two foot -- no, tis five times two feet!
>
>A prosody that tempts the rhyme t'cheat.
>
>(Though blank verse seems a trick quite neat!)
>
>As Tiggy said, it's all about the beat!
>
>So my lords and ladies, band of bold bards --
>
>Herein have I laid all of these, my cards.
>
>Take pity on this befuddled seeker,
>
>Is _this_ in iambic pentameter?
>
>HL Esther of Ennis Merth
>
>(My dictionary said that the last rhyme is correct, though I think that 
>would depend on accent and region of the world where you learned your 
>English. pen TAM e ter)
>
>
>
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