10-04-2011, 03:35 PM
text is very flat. often all we take is what we see. while an author may giggle at a tongue in cheek, the recipient may fume 
the line in question? it reads iambic to me as well as it does to you but a lot of lines, read as something else,
L1,4,8,10 and 14 are not iambic. so in the respect of not counting the stresses or syls, you're quite correct, you didn't bother
the line in question? it reads iambic to me as well as it does to you but a lot of lines, read as something else,
L1,4,8,10 and 14 are not iambic. so in the respect of not counting the stresses or syls, you're quite correct, you didn't bother