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Old 05-11-16, 01:01 AM   #2
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Icon12 on the 'wacko' nature of unstressed bilgerats

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Originally Posted by fireftr18 View Post
I appreciate the shout our to The Bilge Rat's
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No problem, besides it wouldn't of rhymed quite the same without the Bilge Rat's.
Of course that would depend on your definition of rime ... we can lick any icy iambic pentameter issue
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Throw 'im/ in the/ brig with/ bilge rats/ on 'im/ early/ in the/ morning/!
That may be more dactylic than iambic or simply a heptameter stanza "Weigh Heigh, up we bilge rats rises; We'll grimly gnaw 'im, early in the morning!"
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