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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>> But, er, this Iambic stuff has me molto
confused.... Could you explain it to me? Anybody?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Iambic meter is really easy, and in fact, Ulf
explained it so briefly that you missed it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An iamb is a foot of an unaccented syllable
followed by an accented one (ta-DUM)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An iambic line is several iambs in a row -- ta-DUM,
ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ballad measure is all iambic lines, four feet,
three feet, four feet, three feet. Most songs in English are in ballad
measure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Example:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Baron was a bardic man; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He knew the ways of verse,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(I wrote this poem some years ago,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This second one is worse.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But Ulfie wanted humor, so</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had to make it daft.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And with those verses on his knee,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The baron sat and laughed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay
Rudin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>