tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 08 11:50:58 1996
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Re: iambic pentameter
On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, William H. Martin wrote:
> According to [email protected]:
> >
> > >From Dr. Schoen's Hamlet Press Release:
> >
> > "The end result: a translation complete with rhyming iambic pentameter, but
> > in the original Klingon!"
> >
> > Could someone please explain exactly what iambic pentameter is? I tried
> > looking it up in the dictionary, but that only led to a maze of other
> > definitions I had to look up. I've known this phrase for years, but I have
> > yet to find out precicely what it means! I understand only that it has to do
> > with whether syllables are long or short, and how they're arranged.
> >
> > SuStel
> > Hovjaj 96265.2
>
> Basically, it is text with the rhythmic sound of:
>
> taDUM taDUM taDUM taDUM taDUM
>
> Each line of verse has five pairs of syllables with the accent
> on the second syllable of each pair. A spontaneous example
> might be:
>
> I once had thought that nature loved a toad.
> It jumps, but then it splatters on the road.
> A crow will peel this remnant from the ground,
> Then swoop away, full-bellied, without sound.
>
> I love poetry. {{:)> 'IHqu' qar'a'?
>
> charghwI'
> --
>
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> <\__,\
> "> | Get a grip.
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>
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