Iambic Pentameter

Because Zimmerman said so.

Iambic Pentameter

© 2010 Mark Pearce

 

 

 

 I rowed a boat along the dusty plane.

 I rowed it to and rowed it back again.

 Iambic meter makes me go insane.

 

Author's Note

It's not really that bad.

(Though this verse is.)

You need to see this clip where Leonard Bernstein marks the connection between Iambic Pentameter and The Blues.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/02/15/arts/music/1247467034254/bernstein-on-the-blues.html

It will provide a new appreciation for both forms.

Reviews

[Doctor JKC]

The beat is at times the same as I think upon it.
Curious.
Depending on 8 or 12 note blues and other
styles. Something to ponder, thinking what
slaves might have had read to them by the literate.
Good stuff,
Jack