Adventures in Iamb
Last night I wrote 16 lines of iambic pentameter as part of my "Ode" homework. I haven't totted up my score yet but the points system is amusing:
5 points for trochaic or pyrrhic substitutions
2 points for emjambment
2 points for feminine endings
At 11pm last night I worked out that the score for my first line was 19 points. Looking at that now would mean I had to have at least 3 substitutions, an emjambment and a feminine ending. With all those substitutions does it still remain iambic? Hmm, maybe I'll recalculate that one.
Full score later when I work it all out. I have to beat Stephen Fry's 106 points and still have something passable.
5 points for trochaic or pyrrhic substitutions
2 points for emjambment
2 points for feminine endings
At 11pm last night I worked out that the score for my first line was 19 points. Looking at that now would mean I had to have at least 3 substitutions, an emjambment and a feminine ending. With all those substitutions does it still remain iambic? Hmm, maybe I'll recalculate that one.
Full score later when I work it all out. I have to beat Stephen Fry's 106 points and still have something passable.