Talk:79: Iambic Pentameter

2023-09-01T23:49:55Z

Flexximilian:

It's really not so hard to write such prose, 
To stick to Shakespeare's scheme for fellow bards, 
Of course the preparation always slows, 
So spontaneity aint on the cards. 
The better art of live concoction sits, 
Beyond the skill of I your editor, 
And this is why the comic title bits, 
Are true and accurate without a flaw. 
Or so I humour Randall by these lines, 
Restricted by the form I've set upon, 
Fearing that soon I'll commit rhyming crimes, 
That you the readers see arrive, 'ere long. 
And thus a sonnet author finds to be, 
Whether for fun or for a Dark Lady. 
[[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 14:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
:I am stunned. Flabbergasted, of a lack of words. You, good sir, are a hero. A true poet, a master of words. I applaud you, and thank you for your time here. [[User:Netherin5|Netherin5]] ([[User talk:Netherin5|talk]]) 15:04, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
:Please create an account, [[Main_Page|explainxkcd]] <s>needs</s> wants you here. [[User:Knit cap|Knit cap]] ([[User talk:Knit cap|talk]]) 09:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Wait, normal people don't communicate exclusively in iambic pentameter? Shakespeare lied to me! [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.62|199.27.128.62]] 04:04, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since Randall is the one with the hobby and also the one that Cueball represents I have kept Cueball in this explanation and transcript. But made a note of it. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

If you unstress both "of" and "course," the title text also kind of works with iambic meter.

Ex'''plain''' x'''k'''c'''d''': It's ''''cause''' you're '''dumb.'''

[[User:Aronurr|Aronurr]] ([[User talk:Aronurr|talk]]) 23:25, 21 January 2020 (UTC)


I rarely speak non-iambic, that's for sure. 
I surely won't attempt to find a cure. 
It hardly is a problem, do you mind? 
I just can't help that I'm the rhyming kind!


If people all around the world agreed, 
and rhymed instead of waging wars unjust, 
the world would be a better place indeed, 
thus, if you ask me, poetry 's a must!


That said, if one of you explainers know, 
enlighten me on whether there's a rule, 
which parts of quads of penta-iambic lines, 
should rhyme together, like I just did show?

[[User:Flexximilian|Flexximilian]] ([[User talk:Flexximilian|talk]]) 23:44, 01 September 2023 (UTC)

Talk:79: Iambic Pentameter

2023-09-01T23:48:26Z

Flexximilian: Added a quippy poem with a halfway-serious question in the end.

It's really not so hard to write such prose, 
To stick to Shakespeare's scheme for fellow bards, 
Of course the preparation always slows, 
So spontaneity aint on the cards. 
The better art of live concoction sits, 
Beyond the skill of I your editor, 
And this is why the comic title bits, 
Are true and accurate without a flaw. 
Or so I humour Randall by these lines, 
Restricted by the form I've set upon, 
Fearing that soon I'll commit rhyming crimes, 
That you the readers see arrive, 'ere long. 
And thus a sonnet author finds to be, 
Whether for fun or for a Dark Lady. 
[[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 14:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
:I am stunned. Flabbergasted, of a lack of words. You, good sir, are a hero. A true poet, a master of words. I applaud you, and thank you for your time here. [[User:Netherin5|Netherin5]] ([[User talk:Netherin5|talk]]) 15:04, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
:Please create an account, [[Main_Page|explainxkcd]] <s>needs</s> wants you here. [[User:Knit cap|Knit cap]] ([[User talk:Knit cap|talk]]) 09:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Wait, normal people don't communicate exclusively in iambic pentameter? Shakespeare lied to me! [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.62|199.27.128.62]] 04:04, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since Randall is the one with the hobby and also the one that Cueball represents I have kept Cueball in this explanation and transcript. But made a note of it. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

If you unstress both "of" and "course," the title text also kind of works with iambic meter.

Ex'''plain''' x'''k'''c'''d''': It's ''''cause''' you're '''dumb.'''

[[User:Aronurr|Aronurr]] ([[User talk:Aronurr|talk]]) 23:25, 21 January 2020 (UTC)


I rarely speak non-iambic, that's for sure. 
I surely won't attempt to find a cure. 
It hardly is a problem, do you mind? 
I just can't help that I'm the rhyming kind!


If people all around the world agreed, 
and rhymed instead of waging wars unjust, 
the world would be a better place indeed, 
thus if you ask me poetry 's a must!


That said, if one of you explainers know, 
enlighten me on whether there's a rule, 
which parts of quads of penta-iambic lines, 
should rhyme together, like I just did show?

[[User:Flexximilian|Flexximilian]] ([[User talk:Flexximilian|talk]]) 23:44, 01 September 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:79: Iambic Pentameter

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