poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on Poetry in action by Bobjim.

zodiac22 Mar 2004

Well, then. I hope you don't ever decide to really fuck with me. Friends now?

In Spanish, which really accents only either one or two syllables per phrase or sentence, the equivalent of iambic pentameter is called decasílabo (ie, ten syllables). Since Bobjim was talking about total syllable counts instead of feet-counts, I was trying to include that aspect. But I do know what English iambic pentameter is. Really. I swear.