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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Did you notice the subtle use of the iambic pentameter?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 11:20, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
I did.
It flows beautifully.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 11:22, Reply)
Neither of you know what iambic pentameter is do you?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 12:15, Reply)
Not a clue :D
Something to do with five syllables?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 12:19, Reply)
10, five unstressed five stressed.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 12:24, Reply)
/put very simply.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 12:26, Reply)
Close.
Five 'feet' (groupings) of 'iambs' (two syllables.) It is used to define the rhythm of the lines.

See Stephen Fry's book on poetry for an easy explanation.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 12:28, Reply)

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