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-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.
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.