Written on a derelict social centre (I think) near the shop on Marfleet Lane, Hull - 1988?
When she was a little girl,
She had a dainty quim.
If she tried very hard,
She could fit her finger in.
Now she's nearly sixteen,
Her quim has lost its charm.
Now she drops in her finger,
And half her fucking arm.

(edit: NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A) Fantastic example of the Iambic Pentameter, I must say.
(Klangtarnflatchslapper looks just like a Telefunken U-47, Sat 9 Oct 2010, 22:01, 4 replies)

would be, if even a single line of it was in iambic pentamter...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sat 9 Oct 2010, 22:50, closed)

Still not iambic pentameter, but slightly more consistent meter:
When she was a little girl,
She had a dainty quim.
If she tried so very hard,
She'd fit her finger in.
Now she's nearly aged sixteen,
Her quim has lost its charm.
Now she drops her finger in,
And half her fucking arm.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Sun 10 Oct 2010, 0:02, closed)

Almost iambic trimeter?
AKA Alexandrines. ( I think, its been an age since I had to study this stuff. Can barely tell me spondees from me dactyls these days.)
(unclestinky, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 0:09, closed)

Iamb sure that if you tried hard enough, you'd remember.
it's not trochee.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 1:54, closed)

nice ^^
That really only leaves amphibrach and the puns that spring to mind are just too awful.
(unclestinky, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 12:31, closed)

It'd be a mean feet to get that pun in.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 13:23, closed)

Hah!

(sorry., Sun 10 Oct 2010, 18:10, closed)

Win.

(Archeleus hates cabbage, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 6:19, closed)

Iambic pentameter,
needs to have ten syllables a line.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 9:02, closed)

No
It needs to have five stressed syllables per line. You might lose an unstressed syllable at the start for emphasis, which would give it nine syllables but still five stresses.
(McChinaman banned, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 9:30, closed)

This is the 2nd time today I have read about Iambic pentameters
Can someone please provde an example kthxbai
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 11:33, closed)

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 10 Oct 2010, 12:27, closed)

Thanks, still none-the wiser
You have to bear in mind that I'm a bit thick.
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Mon 11 Oct 2010, 11:30, closed)

!!
the QUAliTY of MERcy IS not STRAINED.
it DROPpeth AS the GENtal RAIN from HEAVN

Saying that in my head makes me feel like Multiple Miggs.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Mon 11 Oct 2010, 16:19, closed)

oh! I recall we did something like that at school at we first thought our english teacher was having some kind of fit

( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 7:25, closed)

Iambic Pentameter,
is 10 or 9 syllables per line, with the accent on every 2nd syllable. There have to be 5 'stresses', hence Pentameter
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 10:54, closed)