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Love it!<br>
<br>
But, er, this Iambic stuff has me molto confused.... Could you explain it
to me? Anybody?<br>
<br>
Esther<br>
<br>
At 09:14 PM 9/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>In a message dated 9/23/2003
7:39:26 PM Central Standard Time, ulfie@cox.net writes:
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<dd>Exercise #4 asks you to write two stanza in the form know as
"ballad".
<dd>It is iambic, as before (duh DUH duh DUH ...). The first and
third line
<dd>are iambic tetrameter (four feet) and the second and fourth line
are
<dd>iambic trimeter (three feet). The second and fourth line should
rhyme.
<dd>To keep it just a little bit difficult, let's use nothing but
perfect
<dd>rhymes. As for topic, write about a humorous
situation.</font><br>
<br>
</dl>We built this ship with our own hands,<br>
Olaf, Ivar and Me.<br>
To emulate the heroes bold<br>
And sail across the sea.<br>
<br>
Now as we sink below the waves.<br>
Here in this hour of need.<br>
I wish we'd used a few more nails,<br>
And drank a lot less mead.<br>
<br>
<br>
Robert<br>
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