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Iambic and Trochee Meter Examples (Wes Meter WS)

Going Mad (example of iambic pentameter exercise)

Do not/ attempt/ to kill / the king /alone!

Your has/-ti-ness/ will on/-ly leads/ to death.

Must I/ re-peat/ our plan / a-gain/ you fool?

I swear/ you'll be/ the end/of me/one day!

The Vampire Queen's Orders (example of trochee exercise)

Rise and/ hunt them/ down, my/ lo-yal/ spawn-ling!

Crush them!/Send them/run-ning/into/ dark-ness!

Death a/waits the/ fools who/dare to/face us.

Let them/trem-ble,/ haunted/ by our /might!

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