Friday, April 9, 2010

Iambic Tetrameter Section of "Stairway to Heaven"

A while ago I noticed the lyrics on my Led Zeppelin poster had a clearly iambic meter. I've been trying to figure out the rest of the song's meter but I figured I'd just put this up for now. I'm having trouble making this post with the unaccented and accented symbols so I just separated the feet and assumed people understand how iambs work.

And as | we wind | on down | the road


Our sha|dows tall|er than | our soul


There walks | a la|dy we | all know


Who shines | white light | and wants | to show


How eve|ry thing | still turns | to gold


And if | you li|sten ve|ry hard


The truth | will come | to you | at last


When all | are one | and one | is all


To be | a rock | and not | to roll

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