I'm looking for *perfect* iambic pentametre works. Recommends?
(If not pentametre, other lengths are welcome)
--- I have discovered that I am metrically deaf. I would like to remedy this disability so that I may improve this aspect of my craft. The best way, in my estimation, is to expose myself to a lot of work that is written perfectly in iambics and hope it sticks.
--- I found this website via Veeky Forums and I want more people to know about it, even though it kicks my ass and doesn't tell me why:
That image is some dumb shit. That's not how it scans at all.
SHALL i comPARE THEE to a SUMmers DAY
The rhythm is based on these alternating inversions of iambs...
Make it end.
Sebastian Martinez
I just stole a random image of the net. I should have double checked.
Landon Howard
it's all relative bro
The best way is to write a few sonnets.
Jordan Carter
I used to find learning meter hard because I was terrible at figuring out which syllable was stressed, but I found an easy way to figure it out.
Repeat your word several times, each time emphasizing a different syllable (or honestly just saying one of the syllables louder than the other), and pick the one that sounds the most normal. Then check to see if you were right. You'll be surprised at how good you are at identifying the stress once you use this method.
James Thomas
...
Wyatt Adams
Take your Islamic pentawhatever and get out of my country.
Aaron Sullivan
God you're dumb.
Blake Lewis
>alternating inversions of iambs What did he mean by this?
Easton Evans
That sounds pretty tedious but I'm gonna give it a try
