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Anonymous  +  931095 Tue, 06 Oct 09 11:41 PM
i have a 26-32 lined iambic pentameter poem due tomorrow, i have 4 lines and i don't even think they work

 

my poem

 

what is life when no fights are being delt,

or when happiness is never to be felt.

could our inner tears,

come from our inner fears?

 

please help! anything is apreciated, cites, adivce ANYTHING!! =)

Clive  +  931121 Tue, 06 Oct 09 11:58 PM
 Hi,

what is life when no fights are being dealt,       (what does 'deal a fight' mean?)

or when happiness is never to be felt.

could our inner tears,

come from our inner fears?

 

For a start, shouldn't each line contain ten syllables? 

 

In addition, do you feel that the stress is on every second syllable?

 

Best wishes, Clive

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CalifJim  +  931226 Wed, 07 Oct 09 01:28 AM
Anonymous
“i have a 26-32 lined iambic pentameter poem due tomorrow, i have 4 lines and i don't even think they work ”
You're right.  They don't work.  There's no way you can do that much work before tomorrow, especially since you obviously have no idea what you're doing.  What were you thinking when you put this off so long?


You may as well accept defeat.  This assignment is not going to get done.  Did you ever really intend to get it done anyway? 


CJ

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