Never Endeavor

Felt like channeling my inner shakespeare by writing in iambic pentameter. only difference is i'm less than a hundredth of what shakespeare was and i'm pretty sure he never wrote in such a gothic tone.

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I Love You Like...

Here's my attempt at constructing an italian (petrarchan) sonnet in iambic pentameter. i hope you enjoy!

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First Command

The couplets are in iambic pentameter and trochaic tetrameter with masculine rhymes. i feel the turn at the end is sudden, but overall i'm happy with this one. will the **trance** follow **up** with a **fitt** ing comm **and**?

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The Foolish Toads

The rules were: it had to be in iambic pentameter it should have a renaissance theme only animals excluded from zootopia bonus: if you mention quebec (in honor of a canadian fur who could not attend) ========== the foolish toads

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A Hunter's Anguish (Poetry)

(it's a spencerian sonnet in iambic pentameter if you know the technical stuff). well i hope you like it and have a great day! a hunter's anguish i chase, running as a wind unrestrained, through the forest, the swamp, the endless sea.

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Ragnarok - Prologue

Ragnarok is over a hundred pages of iambic pentameter. it took me several years to write. i couldn't find any form of publication that was interested, and actually made my tumblr, initially, to have someone to post it.

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Hue and Cry

The couplet is the traditional iambic pentameter. i like using dactylic meter because it's dramatic, especially when reading it. the stressed syllables are in bold if you want to try it!

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Ballad of the Otter War

This poem follows the ballad poetic structure, written entirely in iambic pentameter. some of the rhymes feel forced, but the structure calls for fourteen of the same rhyme, so i had to use a simple word to maximize my options.

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The Holy Mountain of Vengeance

#4 of poetry dactylic pentameter (i think that's the correct classification for this?) is really good for doing a mythology in.

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Paint the Town Red - Chapter 1

I've tried a bit of everything, some haikus, limericks, free verse, iambic pentameter; i even tried writing an epic poem once!" "why'd you stop?" kerry asked.

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I've Lost Count of the Homes That I Have Lost

I've lost count of the homes that I have lost. One time too many I've been driven out. On futile search my substance to exhaust, In barren soil to sow my crop of doubt. I am no longer young. My years have worn Onto the age I ought to put down...

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Blank Verse Essay On the Treachery of Hope

You must learn how to live and not to hope For hope will be a luxury ere long. For hope can be both manacle and chain. For hope can keep you too spellbound to run Until the waters rise too high, and boil. You would not be the first. In ages...

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