Does this line match iambic pentameter? The blades of Earth

>>9630186
Learning meter is great for free verse writers as well. T. Free Verse writer who does constant metrical exercises.

>The blades of Earth do sing to me of dreams.
your rhythmic hiccup (as I read) is the 'do'
the 'do' occupies this strange space of grammatical inversion that tries to overpower 'sing', but its a bit ambiguous. Try your best to avoid grammatical inversions like that until you can make converstional iambs:

>The blades of grass are singing me to sleep.
keeps the meter and the grammar is much more straightforward. I changed Earth, just cuz.

>>9630205
Alright. Sometimes I have a hard time deciding if a syllable is stressed or unstressed. Any way to fix that?

>>9630220
When I first started learning meter, I exaggerated my readings extremely and tried to listen to which sounded less silly. I also abused dictionary;com's pronounciation thing-y.

The BLADES of EARTH do SING to ME of DREAMS

THE blades OF earth DO sing TO me OF dreams.

I think the 'do' is still technically correct btw, I just feel is makes the rhythm of the line awkward.

>>9630231
Oh okay. Excluding Shakespeare, but exposure to poetry has been criminally low. I've been reading more poetry, and I'll do this when I read. Thanks.

>>9630253
No Problem, I'd recommend learning the sonnet form in general. It's helped me stay on topic (which was frankly an issue for me at first), because without focus you can't have the volta.