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Question: Would I be right in saying this poem is in Iambic Tetrameter!?
Twice an hour I think of me
On the dot of half past three
I keep appointments with my man
He worships me
My greatest fan
And on the dot of half past one
My image is the oblique pun
Appear my sweet and flick your brow
I know you often wonder how
I wan and woo my Sherlock smile
To know what angle is a trial
My teeth are straight
My eyes are blue
I know I lie !?
I wonder if I'll meet my match
I don't get uptight about that
For on the dot of half past three
I stop !? and think of me Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
No, it's all over the place!.!.!.tetrameter at times, but it's not composed of iambs!.!.!.so it's not iambic!. "Twice an" and "On the" start on a down beat, so it's Trochaic, for the first two lines, then switches to Iambic for the last two of that stanza and all the other lines that follow!. It's not always tetrameter because there is an orphaned line in stanza two (the last line only has two feet)!.!.!.and that's assuming lines three and four are actually line three!.!.!.and the last line of the poem only has three feet!. So, yes, there are "some" iambic tetrameter lines in it, but I would not consider the entire poem to be a good example of iambic tetrameter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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