Monday, May 2, 2011

The Fighting Iambs

Another fictional band. This one is a punk-rock sonnet powerhouse. Think Dropkick Murphys and Shakespeare.

The best part of this was learning that an iamb (named for a minor Greek goddess) is a "metrical chariot horse" used in "satirical, lampooning poems" as well as "scurrilous, ribald verse." Being a nerd is rad.

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