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roninb | 8 years ago

I think this is a good time to maybe do some research into whether your complaints are valid or not before making them... You clearly aren't seeing that the point, in fact, does not stand...

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DoubleCribble|8 years ago

OK, now I'm intrigued. How does changing the spelling of key words not break iambic pentameter?

PeterisP|8 years ago

Iambic pentameter depends on pronunciation, not spelling, and the changes/reforms/standartization generally affects the spelling only. If you take an archaic representation of some sounds and replace it with the modern representation of those sounds, the verse isn't changed.

In that example, "vnknowne" is pronounced the same as "unknown", despite having an extra "vowel" in the typography.

roninb|8 years ago

Better yet, take the advice given and download the free epub and pick a random page and decide for yourself whether iambic pentameter is kept!