exact syllable matches

a
fighter, I'm a lover
was
frightened by a turtle
You
frightened my customers
without being
guided by another
 
I loved like a brother
some
kind of blind hurdler
 
light a fire under
to
Science by the vulgar
the
wife of five Pandavas

with 1 extra syllable

lands
behind the iron curtain
was
behind the Iron Curtain
 
Darius I of Persia
of
defiance, like a trumpet
or
inside the Iron Curtain

with 2 extra syllables

a heavily
fortified survival bunker