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Question:A little house cat is a dangerous thing.
A cat eats rats. A cat is fat place mat.
A little stray dog is a friendly string.
A dog is nice. A dog likes rice silk hat.
A fridge has food, a bulb, some milk, and cheese.
A sink has knobs, a drain, some bowl and pipes.
The dog likes trees and he said "Throw some dees."
The gum with taste and fun that is fruit stripes.
I have big stairs at home and chairs and floor.
I like breakfast with juice, no eggs, and Trix.
That girl is my sister, she hit screen door.
Some bands play noise and yell, "Steve Nicks and Styx!"
This was very hard to do and dumb boring.
A job that pays a lot such as flooring.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: A little house cat is a dangerous thing.
A cat eats rats. A cat is fat place mat.
A little stray dog is a friendly string.
A dog is nice. A dog likes rice silk hat.
A fridge has food, a bulb, some milk, and cheese.
A sink has knobs, a drain, some bowl and pipes.
The dog likes trees and he said "Throw some dees."
The gum with taste and fun that is fruit stripes.
I have big stairs at home and chairs and floor.
I like breakfast with juice, no eggs, and Trix.
That girl is my sister, she hit screen door.
Some bands play noise and yell, "Steve Nicks and Styx!"
This was very hard to do and dumb boring.
A job that pays a lot such as flooring.

Don't change the first line, iambic pentameter can have 9-11 syllables a line, its an art not a science. Whats more important are the beats or the stresses. You have to start the line with an unstressed syllable, then go to a stressed syllable. I'll put up an example

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

This line has stresses on every other syllable.

But your form is fine, its structured well.

no, check your syllables in line 1
Dangerous is 3
DAN GER OUS