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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Iambic tetrameter would be:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>he came, he saw, conquered, the end.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>True?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gottfried</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=alden_drake@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:alden_drake@sbcglobal.net">Alden Drake</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bards@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:bards@ansteorra.org">Ansteorran Bardic list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] Need help with
formats</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Blank verse - I know nothing about this. I like structure.
:)</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Iambic pentameter is a poetic line containing five Iams.</DIV>
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<DIV>An Iam is a foot containing two syllables where the first is unstressed
and the second is stressed. e.g. (da DA)</DIV>
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<DIV>So iambic pentameter is: (da DA) (da DA) (da DA) (da DA) (da DA)</DIV>
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<DIV>example:</DIV>
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<DIV>Is this the face that launch'd a thousand ships?</DIV>
<DIV>(is THIS the FACE that LAUNCH'D a THOUsand SHIPS)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Iambic tetrameter is pretty fun too (four iambic feet).</DIV>
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<DIV>3. I have some notes somewhere on Anglo-Saxon/Norse/Old English poetry
from Thomas Atte Wood of Epping. I'll see if I can find them.
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<DIV><BR>~Alden</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>ED Reese <reese_esther@yahoo.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<P>Okay -- Blank Verse, what the heck is it? How do I do it? What did They
use it for?</P>
<P>I'm still struggling with Iambic Pentameter, too, but am beginning to see
the idea of it -- thank you, Tiggy!</P>
<P>Also, I'm looking for good info on the Norse forms, and the Anglo-Saxon
forms, too. Same questions as above, especially, "How do I do it?"</P>
<P>Thanks!</P>
<P>Esther</P>
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