This exercise has three parts. The subject - television.
Part 1: Write two quatrains of iambic tetrameter (four beats per line)
Domestic Goddesshood awaits
For those who take a careful note
Of how Nigella brews and bakes
And cuts her fruit and fries her steaks.
The story of these interns five
To be a surgeon they aspire
Such mixed up lives and loves they lead
Whilst struggling to save life and limb
Part 2: Two quatrains of alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter (three beats per line)
"The Making of the Leap Years" show
Who really gives a damn
Ad nauseum plays the trailers too
Far more than for the film.
Let Seetoh guide you to the best
Of food in Singapore
Three chopsticks means "die die must try"
In Makansutra Raw.
Part 3: 2 quatrains in "trochaic tetrameter", the first with eight syllables per line and the second with the last syllable dropped every second line.
First they sing with heart and soul then
Stand to hear the judges' comments
Idol fame and fortune waits for
He who wins the viewers over.
Down with syndicates exploiting
Fans of English Premier League
Broadcast charges they keep raising
It's a deadly sin, is greed.
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