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[DrSpike]

I see no one else fancies iambic pentameter.

[Ljube]

I fancy it, but lack the skill

We only have unrhymed decameters here in Serbia.


EDIT: Come to think of it, it's practically the same thing. You also have ten syllables in your verses.

[Paddy]

I will play too

[DrSpike]

It's not quite the same. There are 10 (or sometimes slight variations) because there are 5 (pentameter) iambs, each consisting of a weak and strong syllable. It's the meter that's most important.

[Ljube]

Weak and strong in terms of stress?

[joncha]

Yes:

for ONES so WISE as WE to PLAY the ROLE.

[Hercules]

What Mafia thru' yonder window kills

[Snowflake]

Something's happened at Poly
Everybody's starting to write poetry
Is it the return of teh Spamski?

But before you ask I'd tell you no
No this is not a haiku
No neither is this poetry
This is a brand new art form
It is called the rambler

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Saturnine
There once was a very bad poet,
Although he did not even....realize
He tried to make it rhyme,
But it didn't at all
And it was probably the worst limerick ever,
And it had one line too many.

Originally posted by someone on an anonymous newsgroup
There once was a man from Earl's Court
Whose limericks always fell short
He'd get to line four
But could think of no more

There was a young man from Tyree
Whose limericks stopped at line three
He never said why.

There was a young fellow from Crewe
Whose limericks stopped at line two.

There was a young fellow called Dunn

[Ben Kenobi]

I once knew a lad named Ljube,
As GM he confused all the n00bs,
With reference to art,
He gave us a start,
As we scrambled to not look like rubes.

[duke o' york]

Sad to admit, I could probably write a Mafia game in iambic pentameter, and with period language to boot, but I am afraid that I just don't have the time to do it at the moment.

Maybe one for the future though.

When is the deadline for registration for this game?

[Kassiopeia]

Today. I suppose.

[gjramsey]

IN!!!!!

[Kassiopeia]

23! Oh dear me, looks like we'll have to wait for 24.

[Nikolai]

Why? It's nothing wrong with odd numbers...