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IambAn iamb is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a short (unstressed) syllable followed by a long[?] (stressed) one.The iambic pentameter is one of the most powerful measures in English poetry.
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she, en den I up'n say, sez I:
'Mistiss, you kin des 'pen.html">pen' on de ole nigger.'
"I wuz ole den, Miss Doshy-let lone w'at I is now; en you better
'fo' day, en de way dey did wnk wuz a caution. Ef dey didn't earut
keer un. Dey had plenty er doze en plenty er grub, en dey wuz de
done gone en tuck Atlanty-dish yer ve'y town; den present'y I year
day, de fus news I know.html">know'd, Mars Jeems he rid up wid a whole gang
mouffle er sump'n ter.html">ter.html">ter.html">ter.html">ter.html">ter eat, but 'fo' he rid off, he call me up en say,
''pears like dere's gwineter be mighty rough times 'roun' yer. De
be many days 'fo' dey er down.html">down yer. 'Tain't likely dey'll pester
you ter take keer un um,' sezee.
"Den I say, sez I: 'How long you bin knowin' me, Mars Jeems?' sez
me ter take keer Ole Miss en Miss Sally.'
"Den he tuck'n squoze my han.html">han' en jump on de filly I bin savin' fer
sump'n', but he des waf' his han'-so-en gallop on. I know'd den dat
kin sorter fix.html">fix.html">fix hisse'f, en I tuck'n fix up like de war wuz gwineter
tergedder en driv' um ter de fo'-mile place, en I tuck all de corn en
me a pen in de swamp, en dar I put de hogs. Den, w'en I fix all dis,
groun' dat axe. De grinestone wuz in sight er de gate en close ter
den de whole face.html">face er de yeath swawm'd wid urn. De fus glimpse I
She done had de sidebode move in dar, en I wish I may drap ef
plates en silver.html">silver.html">silver dishes, silver mugs en silver pitchers. Look like ter
ez proud ez ef she own de whole county. Dis kinder hope me up,
overseer struck me in de face wid a w'ip. I sot down by de fier. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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