Editing Talk:79: Iambic Pentameter

It's really not so hard to write such prose,<br />
To stick to Shakespeare's scheme for fellow bards,<br />
Of course the preparation always slows,<br />
So spontaneity aint on the cards.<br />
The better art of live concoction sits,<br />
Beyond the skill of I your editor,<br />
And this is why the comic title bits,<br />
Are true and accurate without a flaw.<br />
Or so I humour Randall by these lines,<br />
Restricted by the form I've set upon,<br />
Fearing that soon I'll commit rhyming crimes,<br />
That you the readers see arrive, 'ere long.<br />
And thus a sonnet author finds to be,<br />
Whether for fun or for a Dark Lady.<br />
[[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]] needs 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. [[User:Aronurr|Aronurr]] ([[User talk:Aronurr|talk]]) 23:25, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Ex'''plain''' x'''k'''c'''d''': It's ''''cause''' you're '''dumb.''' {{w|172.69.59.21|19:16, 3 June 2023}}

<p>
I rarely speak non-iambic, that's for sure.<br/>
I surely won't attempt to find a cure.<br/>
It hardly is a problem, do you mind?<br/>
I just can't help that I'm the rhyming kind!
</p>
<p>
If people all around the world agreed,<br/>
and rhymed instead of waging wars unjust,<br/>
the world would be a better place indeed,<br/>
thus, if you ask me, poetry 's a must!
</p>
<p>
That said, if one of you explainers know,<br/>
enlighten me on whether there's a rule,<br/>
which parts of quads of penta-iambic lines,<br/>
should rhyme together, like I just did show?
</p>
[[User:Flexximilian|Flexximilian]] ([[User talk:Flexximilian|talk]]) 23:44, 01 September 2023 (UTC)
:Refer to places such as {{w|Rhyme scheme}}'s link?
:In there you will perhaps come find a clue.
:To start: I, for your first of verses, think,
:Perhaps a Balliol or Clerihew.
:Though as your stanzas go from here to there,
:The scheme does change in ways I need not say.
:The second verse is of a type not rare,
:In fact I do prefer myself that way.
:It's at the last where head and foot alone,
:Both rhyme; the lines betwixt are free from that.
:In isolation I don't see it shown,
:Of which the listed group or style it's at!
:[[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.206|172.71.242.206]] 09:09, 2 September 2023 (UTC)