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Jazz music has been thought of as
the only real American music since it originated in New Orleans in the
1920's. When you
think of Jazz music, scatting in particular, you hardly ever think of Blank Verse. Blank Verse is a form of unrhymed iambic pentameter. It has lines of words that don't rhyme, with alternation of unstress/stress placed on each word . Let's take a look at Jill Scott's , 'Your Gettin' in The Way': Yo roots are dug up So you might as well give up I see your intentions You can't handle the truth He let you go a long time ago
Now it's time to turn him loose ...
When Jill Scott places emphasis on
certain words and skip through others, it is merely demonstrating her knowledge
of blank
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