Question

I need help with writing two line wedding vows in iambic pentameter!!! please.

Answer 1

I need to write a pentameter couplet for both romeo and juliets wedding vows and i seem deaf to the whole accented and unaccented thing, i really need help

Answer 2

If you look up any word in the dictionary (any word with more than one syllable), you'll find information on which syllables are stressed and unstressed.

The stresses are subtle, so it's easy to miss them when speaking or listening to others speak, but when you train your ear to listen for the stresses, you'll hear them.

For example, when you say the "Italian," you hit the second syllable -- TAL -- with a little more emphasis than any of the others. When you say "hospital," you put the stress on the first syllable. When you say "New York," you stress the "York" more than the "New" -- "noo YORK" sounds natural; "NOO york" doesn't. But when you say "Kansas," it sounds natural to stress the first syllable -- "KAN zuss," not "kan ZASS."

If you're writing poetry, you're probably reading poetry as well. Try reading some aloud and noticing where your voice naturally places the stresses. It probably won't take you long to get the hang of it.

Answer 3

if looked on dictionary websites and even the one our teacher provided us but I couldnt find anything on stress @EclipsedStar

Answer 4

A Sonnet consists of 3 Quatrains (four lines of poetry each) and ends with a couplet (2 rhyming lines). The lines are in iambic pentameter (unstressed/stressed times 5) The Quatrains should have a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f rhyme scheme. Read the Prologue.(Two households, both alike in dignity...etc.) That is a sonnet in form. Then create their wedding vows to follow that form.

Answer 5

@EclipsedStar our vows are only the couplets, but im completely deaf to the stress, like i get new york, but i dont get 1 syllable words, or really, any words other than that

Answer 6

The stress is just more "emphasis" on a word...

Answer 7

okay so does this work for u/u/u/u/u/ (x2)? my affection for you is eternal
for you will be a page in my journal

Answer 8

I think so...but the last words don't really add up...

Answer 9

Lol this is \(so\) complicated. XD

Answer 10

yeah.

Answer 11

idk whatever i dont care about the rhyming, is the stress CLOSE to right?

Answer 12

So earlier you were asking for one-syllable words. Do you still need an example for those?

Answer 13

I believe so...XD

Answer 14

yeah, as long as that first one works, ill just have to do the other one

Answer 15

is my accented or not? what is an accented alt for my? our?

Answer 16

I think it is. Examples of one-syllable words are like "sky", "dog", etc.

Answer 17

okay what about
oh Romeo how I forever love,
Ill be your beautiful golden dove

Answer 18

I don't think "Ill" goes well in that, how about:
I shall be your golden dove

Answer 19

...or something like that..? XD

Answer 20

it doesnt fill enough syllables

Answer 21

That's the thing

Answer 22

Well, are you rushed? If time isn't on your side, I'd go with that...

Answer 23

i dont really care about the points for the flow, just the major points on the stress, so thanks you so much your a life saver

Answer 24

This is hard.... >_<

Answer 25

Well, it was actually you that did all the work... :)

Answer 26

<3 thank you so much, i gotta get dressed now XD you helped with the stress

Answer 27

XD haha I see the pun. :3

Answer 28

"helped with the stress"

Answer 29

couplets <3

Answer 30

ohh
i meant it like dressed and stress, but two puns the better XD 2 = couplets, oh god so many puns

Answer 31

Oh. XDXD :))

Answer 32

Well, I hope you have a good night. :D

Answer 33

Don't forget to close this post @blahblah2121 :)