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Iambic and Trochee Meter Examples (Wes Meter WS)
Going Mad (example of iambic pentameter exercise)
Do not/ attempt/ to kill / the king /alone!
Your has/-ti-ness/ will on/-ly leads/ to death.
Must I/ re-peat/ our plan / a-gain/ you fool?
I swear/ you'll be/ the end/of me/one day!
The Vampire Queen's Orders (example of trochee exercise)
Rise and/ hunt them/ down, my/ lo-yal/ spawn-ling!
Crush them!/Send them/run-ning/into/ dark-ness!
Death a/waits the/ fools who/dare to/face us.
Let them/trem-ble,/ haunted/ by our /might!
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Rula
Mon, 2017-05-01 02:25
Salam Khalid
Both attempts work well for me, and I like them.
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alidzain
Mon, 2017-05-01 03:26
Salam, Rula
Glad you liked it.
Alid
author commentjudyanne
Mon, 2017-05-01 10:01
Hi Alid
Good examples
Love judy
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alidzain
Mon, 2017-05-01 12:42
Hi Judy
Thanks!
Alid
author commentwesley snow
Mon, 2017-05-01 19:39
Good work Alid,
but it wasn't a quatrain. Not that it matters.
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alidzain
Tue, 2017-05-02 13:45
Thanks, Wes
I'll check on quatrain later.
Alid
author commentweirdelf
Mon, 2017-07-03 07:28
My readings
1. Speaking naturally.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wEJWduGsx3
2. Exaggerating stress
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0su6o2xAmtz
both are perfect meter thought the second ends with a catalexis
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weirdelf
Mon, 2017-07-03 07:28
My readings
1. Speaking naturally.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wEJWduGsx3
2. Exaggerating stress
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0su6o2xAmtz
both are perfect meter thought the second ends with a catalexis
cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry