I was surprised today, though perhaps I shouldn't have been, to find that The Beastie Boys are masters of iambic pentameter. We had read Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") and were practicing writing our own ten-syllable-with-every-other-one-stressed lines when one young man says, "Can I use lyrics from a song?"
I say, "yes," and he blows me away with the concluding line of "Paul Revere."
"I grab two girlies and a beer that's cold."
Perfect iambic pentameter. Of course, this led to more Beastie Boys lines being bantered about, but, sadly, all from License to Ill. I try desperately to explain why Ill Communication is a far superior album, but they're not having it. Oh, well.
I say, "yes," and he blows me away with the concluding line of "Paul Revere."
"I grab two girlies and a beer that's cold."
Perfect iambic pentameter. Of course, this led to more Beastie Boys lines being bantered about, but, sadly, all from License to Ill. I try desperately to explain why Ill Communication is a far superior album, but they're not having it. Oh, well.
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