Really - Iambic Pentameter
Really? Iambic Pentameter.
Oh well, this is where you really put your foot in it. No! Not your mouth!
Not the hokey kokey either, although its a little like that. More like a builder's
measurements. Iambic pentameter's measurements are five feet long, per line that is.
Of what is this 'foot' you ask? I contain myself, I do not give you the boot anywhere.
It's a fair question. This particular 'foot' measures two syllables. And, yes you're already there – so an iambic pentameter line consists of 10 syllables.
Now we get to the heart of the form. The Iam bit. This Iam gives the rhythm or heartbeat to the poem. It is like a two beat dance. First beat of the duo syllable is light, unstressed and the second is heavier or stressed. So placed to create a natural cadence that echo's our own hearts. This is why the form is mainly used for emotional subjects. There we have the iambic pentameter form.
Your heart doth drip its aqua tears my knight
Let service be your key, pray not for me
Serve I must in another court this day
All so soon I glimpse its citrine soft light
Let your grief tend our summer hallowed tree
Look for me in still pools sanctioned by fae.
Written 3 August for Contest sponsored by Line Gauthier
Reads like Music – Haibun – look Poetry Contest
Copyright © Virginia Waters | Year Posted 2018
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