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CaptSparrow Registered: Sep '06	Date Posted: 11/1/07 7:06pm Subject: Shakespearean Sonnet Help
	I'm writing a Shakespearean sonnet for English class as a Prologue for Act V. The problem is that I have no poetic talent and can't figure out whether it matches the iambic pentameter. I thinks it sounds good, but my English teacher says that unstressed/stressed pattern does not work for me. I just can't figure what is stressed/unstressed, it's quite frustrating. Does anyone have experience writing these that can help me? -----signature----- "Lasagna would not require teeth to properly chew." -McCourt's in Session
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NYCitygurl Title: Manager of SFFBC, C&G, NSWFF, and Icons Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 11/2/07 1:51pm Subject: RE: Shakespearean Sonnet Help
	Just out of curiosity, Act V of what? As for the stressed, unstressed bit, maybe this will help. Or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by oppo[i]sing, [i]end them. That's part of Hamlet's 2nd soliloqy, the to be or not to be one. Read it out loud and put emphasis on the parts I italicized, but try at the same time to say it as normally as possible. -----signature----- I agree with RJ Officially Idri's Muse "Hat. We thought of authentic Native American headdress before we thought of hat."
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