Please help me with this Japanese manga

What does this say? it's for project i'm doing.

Read this quotation when i do count the clock that tells the time. why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter?

Take a look at this dictionary entry. contest con • test (n.) kon-test [from anglo-french or latin] 1. a competition between rivals for a prize 2. a struggle for victory 3. a dispute; controversy (v.) kuhn-test 4. to fight for in a battle 5. to call into question