OddKangaroo3714@alien.topB to Ted LassoEnglish · 10 months agoIsaac’s rage-soliloquy in Amsterdam is actually in Iambic Pentameter.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIsaac’s rage-soliloquy in Amsterdam is actually in Iambic Pentameter.youtu.beOddKangaroo3714@alien.topB to Ted LassoEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareMuchachoManSavage@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoEh, you were kind of liberal with the line breaks but still cool.
minus-squareOddKangaroo3714@alien.topOPBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI broke them at the 10th syllable. It’s what makes it pentameter.
minus-squareMuchachoManSavage@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWell kind of but I wouldn’t say that’s all. Or else basically any phrase or poem with syllables in multiples of ten could qualify if you make the breaks in the right place. I mean, even I could do that and I assure you I’m no Shakespeare.
minus-squareOddKangaroo3714@alien.topOPBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIf it also has iambic rhythm then yes. It’s both iambic and pentameter. In this case it has both.
Eh, you were kind of liberal with the line breaks but still cool.
I broke them at the 10th syllable. It’s what makes it pentameter.
Well kind of but I wouldn’t say that’s all. Or else basically any phrase or poem with syllables in multiples of ten could qualify if you make the breaks in the right place. I mean, even I could do that and I assure you I’m no Shakespeare.
If it also has iambic rhythm then yes. It’s both iambic and pentameter. In this case it has both.