»
Main Forums
»
Poetry Workshop
»
Ricta-March-Meter...
| Poetry Workshop |
|
Ricta-March-Meter... |
|
|
Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
|
Rictameter... Marching in... With a few Limericks tossed in for some festive flair??? |
||
| © Copyright 2003 Nancy Ness - All Rights Reserved | |||
Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Fanatic Marooned, cursing his fate, stranded on this atoll he pretends it is all the world, and the sum of all wonderful places. Some day he’ll stone the rescue boat, hide til the sailors leave and curse his fate, marooned. That's a write-down of the original into this format, which is shorter than it seems at first glance. It'll take a bit of practice, but I think it'll be a good thing to have in the old toolbox! Here's what that poem originally looked like (you can see why I decided to start with this one , eh?) Fanatic Marooned on a voyage of discovery, he still curses the fate that stranded him, the sea, the farther shore, curses and pretends this sere atoll is all the world. Some day he will stone the boat that comes to save him, hide from the sailors, dive and swim beyond the reef, and laughing, curse again as they fail, lose hope and sail away, then paddle back to shore, marooned. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> ______________Ratleader______________ [This message has been edited by Ratleader (03-05-2003 12:08 AM).] |
||
|
Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Okay don't laugh at me now but, how exactly our these written???? I need instruction... PLEASE????? And I admit my ignorance yet again but, is a rictameter just another name for a limerick???? Bridgette  [This message has been edited by Justbleu (03-05-2003 01:13 AM).] |
||
garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
I want to know the rules, too. I have no idea what you mean by this term. (I told ya'll I know nothing about the forms and technical parts of poetry) I sure would like to learn some, though. Ethel |
||
|
Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Rictameter Rictameter is a scheme similar to Cinquain. Start your first line with a two syllable word, then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two - 2,4,6,8,10 Then down again, 8,6,4,2 Making the final line the same two syllable word with which you began. [This message has been edited by Nan (03-17-2003 12:22 PM).] |
||
|
Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
Thanks for the instructions, Miss Nan. See what happens when I miss a class?--You come up with terms that are totally new to me. Guess I better get with the program! Shenachie [This message has been edited by Bridget Shenachie (03-05-2003 12:03 PM).] |
||
|
Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Teacher, Know I've been out But know I am sooooo back Perhaps this meter I can ace That is IF I should see a friendly face Among the chalk-dust on the floor Come back for more, VICKY Okay with you ... Teacher ? *Just a'winkin ... cause I KNOW how to draw me little buddy out ! It's called C H A L L E N G E !  Oh yeah .... I'll work on something real purty, teacher~  Honest Injun ! ~*Marge*~ |
||
|
Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Hmmm...... cinquain = cue ball rictameter = bowling ball.... got it! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
||
|
serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
hmmm...I'll think on this'n.... rumor has it that I am in need of some discipline...  |
||
|
Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
....discipline.....I won't say it! I won't! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
||
|
vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
All righty, Margie. Scoot over and make some room on that merry-go-round. Of course, I'm gonna be around for rictameters, and besides...who do you think suggested them to the teacher? Now I must go post one of my oldies to tide you over until I can talk my muse into writing a new one. Good to see you here, buddy.  [This message has been edited by vlraynes (03-09-2003 12:03 AM).] |
||
|
Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
HeyLilBuddy~ I KNEW who suggested it to the teacher~ Now ... don't you owe me a 'quad' or 'quint' ? I think I remember that you do~ Get thee busy ! *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
||
|
sea_of_okc Senior Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 568Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
Stop crowding me When we gonna get there? You better stay on your own side I am so bored why does it take so long? Momma please tell him to stop it Are we almost there yet? Stop touching me Butthead Okay I am waiting to see some others. C'mon peeps I have only been back a few days and I managed to barf one up.  |
||
|
sea_of_okc Senior Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 568Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
And a limerick tossed in just for Nan One day I was out wandering 'round With my trusty ole red spotted hound He stopped to go pee And whoa nelly me A shamrock sprang up from the ground |
||
|
SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
I might just try this one. Hopefully my muse will come back to me, soon enough. |
||
|
Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Limerick.....Nan.....I won't! No! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
||
|
Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Mmm...rictameter...er....um....teach Nan I got lost on my way to class, but I'm back...I guess, that is if my computer lets me, because he's acting very not funny lately, throwing me out all the time, disconnecting my printers and all that is due to a bug called opaserv, wich is not removeble at all, despite what Symantic tells me. It doesn't damage anything, but is just bugging up all the time. Soon I'll get me a new one, computer that is, well actually my hubby is getting a new one and I'm getting his LOL...then...goodbye Opa (opa is Dutch for grandpa, you don't think Balladeer could be behind all this? He just became a grandpa didn't he?) Ok, ricta meter. Titia Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
||
|
garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Hey, teacher Nan. I just got back here again. I need to ask a question before I start on trying to do a rictameter. Okay, I've got the syllables for the nine lines written down. Now,are each of the lines supposed to do something like the 5 lines in the cinquain? Like.... 1st line (the title) 2nd line (describes the title) 3rd line (states an action) 4th line (expresses a feeling) 5th line (another word for the title) Will you put them down if they do? Thank you. Ethel |
||
|
kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Petting my cat is an all day job for he's large. But his blue eyes and purr motor entice me into this gentle animal's life of sleep and food that I am so jealous of and can only touch by Petting Through rubble and trouble and dark of night The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light [This message has been edited by kayjay (03-24-2003 10:15 AM).] |
||
|
zenny Member
since 2002-11-24
Posts 371Belgium |
True love you-me me-you Two hearts ticking in rhime When lovers' eyes appeal and charm Fire fills body and mind Two souls joined True love note: this is my first rictameter attempt |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
