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28998, iambic pentameter...
Posted by guest, Thu Jun-24-99 07:22 PM
is a classical form of poetry writing. used by Shakespere, most notably. it's like 10 syllables per line and (i think) fourteen lines. so instead of com comming on his typical style, where he basically talks over the beat, he's flipping a more constrictive rhyming pattern, more on the beat.