This is an early one I wrote when trying to learn meter:
Iambic Pentameter
From Greek. An ugly term to trip the tongue
and aggravate the ear. Makes harsh demands,
restricting sounds to stresses weak then strong.
Its feet, all five, oppress the muse within.
With features blank, it sets strict rules for verse
and brooks no deviation, even small.
But softens, wed to dulcet Lady Rhyme
and earns a place in sonnet’s paradigm.
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