<p>More on iambic pentameter.  Examples from Milton and Pope.  A bit on sonnets.  Why poetry tends to flirt with prime numbers -- five feet per line, seven pairs of rhymes in sonnets, etc.  Examples from Shakespeare.</p>

More on iambic pentameter. Examples from Milton and Pope. A bit on sonnets. Why poetry tends to flirt with prime numbers -- five feet per line, seven pairs of rhymes in sonnets, etc. Examples from Shakespeare.

<p>More on iambic pentameter.&nbsp; Examples from Milton and Pope.&nbsp; A bit on sonnets.&nbsp; Why poetry tends to flirt with prime numbers -- five feet per line, seven pairs of rhymes in sonnets, etc.&nbsp; Examples from Shakespeare.</p>

Episode 12: Some Paradise Lost, some Pope, some more on meter, prime numbers

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Episode 12: Some Paradise Lost, some Pope, some more on meter, prime numbers

Episode 12: Some Paradise Lost, some Pope, some more on meter, prime numbers