Can You Sort Out The Iambic Pentamter To This ?

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Global warming is ruining our planet!. (A)
It is extremely bad for the people!. (B)
Let’s all try to stop it now let’s slam it!. (A) Lets cry it from the churches steeple!. (B)

Now start to pick up litter from the ground!. (C)
Take it from our public space clean up our place!. (D)
Litter gets people down let’s turn it all around!. (C)
You’ll be chased and then put in your place!. (D)

Recycle your rubbish paper, glass and card!. (E)
If you don’t, fines will be doubled!. (F)
Remember to put it out in your front yard!. (E)
People get mixed up and extremely troubled!. (F)

Tidy up our special planet quick (G)
We all hope you are so cleaver like the lady’s on sticks!. (G)
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It's not Iambic Pentameter!. Your meter is very inconsistent!.

For example, I would read "ruining" in the first line as a 3-syllable word: ru-i-ning!. I can see how you can just say rui-ning, though!. The fourth line only contains 9 syllables, though!. The 6th line has 11!. 7th line has 12!. 8th has 9 again!.
11
8
11
11
9
14

So, to recap, only lines 2, 3, and 5 (and possibly 1) have 10 syllables!.

However, if you said "Tidy up our special planet quick-ly" (the proper adverb form), you could fix that line!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nobody can sort this for you, as the whole poem needs rewriting if you want to use iambic pentametre!.

You need to have lines of 10 syllables each, using words that allow a pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables (iambic) repeated 5 times (pentametre)!. As In:

down up down up down up down up down up
Shall I compare thee to a Sum mer's day!?

You can use iambic on lines of any length!. All that means is unstressed stressed!. But pentametre means repeating that pattern 5 times per line, therefore ten syllables!.

One more thing!. Nearly all of your lines start with stressed syllables!. You will have to reverse that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

that's the shakespearan sonnet style!.
PS Interesting poemWww@QuestionHome@Com