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What a horrible time for this interesting topic to have come up! I do not have the time or leisure for this, but I cannot resist.
This is how I parse tsu-s's rhyme below: 'You can 'lead a 'horse to 'water 8 But u 'can't 'make him 'drink, 6 'U can 'lead a 'human 'by the 'nose 9 But you 'can't 'make him 'think 6 I 'may be 'lost some'times 5 But 'i don't 'follow 'any'one 8 I'll 'always 'march 'to the 'beat 7 The 'beat of a 'different 'drum 8 -Lower Class Brats
There does not seem consistency in the beat, but the rhyme still works for me because of I think the rhyming, but mostly because it is consistently iambic throughout, except for the last two lines - was that what you meant by march being problematic? But I think the inconsistency in rhythm of the last two lines works. They emulate the rat a tat. I love the dactyl of the last line.
In my op, the worst word meter wise is 'every' - HOG!
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March, one or two syllables?
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AlimaeHP
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01/22/2011 6:41 PM
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zmjezhd
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01/22/2011 8:52 PM
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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tsuwm
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AlimaeHP
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Avy
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Jackie
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Avy
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zmjezhd
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AlimaeHP
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01/22/2011 10:31 PM
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Faldage
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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AlimaeHP
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goofy
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tsuwm
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Faldage
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Jackie
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Faldage
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Candy
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AlimaeHP
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olly
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goofy
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Faldage
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tsuwm
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zmjezhd
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olly
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Avy
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