Shakespeare: Iambic Pentameter, the Beat of the 16th Century
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So......it's how everyone normally talks then?
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wait ....so the iambic pentameter always starts with short?
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@broadpath I think this example is clearer. It isn't Iambic Pentameter, but it's still Iambic. It's just that there aren't five iambic foots, but four and three. This is from a very famous poem by Emily Dickinson:
beCAUSE i COULD not STOP for DEATH,
he KINDly STOPPED for ME;
the CARRiage HELD but JUST ourSELVES
and IMmorTAliTY.
Notice how it's still Iambic, because it's a pattern of - / - / - / - / (short LONG short LONG short LONG short LONG), as opposed to / - / - / - / - (LONG short etc.)
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Come bite my thumb, i hope you know the stakes. :)
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da DUM da DUM da DUM... unstressed stressed - / - / - / - / - /
ergo...when I do COUNT the CLOCK that TELLS the TIME.
Listen to a heart beat--this is a common rhythm (da DUM da DUM thump THUMP thump THUMP)
when BEATS the HEARTS a RHYTHM is HEARD... ;-)
6 months ago 3
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SHALL i COMpare THEE to A sumMER'S day?
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@Hesperiahater damn right
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A short syllable followed by a long syllable. And the example used begins with "Shall I" Is it just me, or is "shall" a longer syllable than "I"? "Com pare" - neither is longer. "Thee to" - "thee" is longer and it is the first syllable.
Why can't they give a stronger example that really shows the beat?
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shall I/comPARE/thee TO/a SUM/mer's DAY
or this one? I think I'm getting it ^_^
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Shall i/compare thee/to a/summer's day
is this right?
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i still dont get it!
Hesperiahater 3 years ago 73
Iambic pentameter, you gotta move to the right perameter.
Iambic pentameter, you gotta move to the Shakespeare beat.
IveBeenToTheYear3000 4 years ago 14