A look at iambic pentameter, so often written wrong by amateurs.

The nerd in me cannot resist this one.

It's only for the sake of written fun.

A look at iambic pentameter,

so often written wrong by amateurs.

First published in my Medium account but this lesson although minor in importance in many ways, for a budding musician or lyricist iambic pentameter is an absolute must-know. 

For the purchaser I will include 3-hour long writing brainstorm sessions to help you create you own masterpiece. 

It takes a discerning eye to see it unless it is neatly applied in a poem. This might be because iambic pentameter appeals to the audio sensory. Using the way words sound when spoken out loud and the rhythm of the syllables, Iambic Pentameter, when written well, has a beat to it. Iambic pentameter can be challenging to write in and even more difficult to recognize unless it is presented very obviously in stanzas. The rhythmic use of words is common in songs from Rap to Country.

Iambic Pentameter poems and stories will often have rhyming words at the end of sentences but not always. The thing that is most important in this type of writing is the heart-beat rhythm effect. The syllables are divided into five pairs. It really does mimic the sound of a heartbeat.

11__22__33__44__55

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Example:

I see a shiny golden star above.

It fills my heart with everlasting love.

So it breaks down to five pairs of syllables like this:

I see | a shi|ny gold|en star|above

It fills |my heart|with ev|er la|sting love