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-Sometimes in works, there is a certain kind,<br />
+{{quote|<poem>''Sometimes in works, there is a certain kind,
-who always have poetic forms in mind.<br />
+''who always have poetic forms in mind.
-In every situation—great or small—<br />
+''In every situation—great or small—
-they can't resist the urge to rhyme at all.<br />
+''they can't resist the urge to rhyme at all.
-Though often plainer words would suit much better,<br />
+''Though often plainer words would suit much better,
-[[Self-Demonstrating Article|Gratuitous Iambic]] [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle|Penta-MET-er]].
+''[[Self-Demonstrating Article|Gratuitous Iambic]] [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle|Penta-MET-er]].''</poem>}}
-An '''iamb''' is a pair of syllables where the stress falls on the second one - ba-DUM (if it goes DUM-ba it's a '''trochee'''). '''Penta'''meter is verse with five stressed syllables (tetrameter has four, heptameter has seven, etc), so iambic pentameter has five iambs (usually ten syllables, but odd unstressed ones at the beginning or end don't affect the meter much). This kind of verse is very common in [[Shakespeare]], as in for example "Un-EA-sy LIES the HEAD that WEARS a CROWN" (''[[Henry IV Part 2]]''). This trope can apply to any poetic dialogue though.
+An ''iamb'' is a pair of syllables where the stress falls on the second one - ba-DUM (if it goes DUM-ba it's a ''trochee''). ''Penta''meter is verse with five stressed syllables (tetrameter has four, heptameter has seven, etc), so iambic pentameter has five iambs (usually ten syllables, but odd unstressed ones at the beginning or end don't affect the meter much). This kind of verse is very common in [[Shakespeare]], as in for example "Un-EA-sy LIES the HEAD that WEARS a CROWN" (''[[Henry IV Part 2]]''). This trope can apply to any poetic dialogue though.
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