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"Yield" ( one syllable or two?)
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"Yield" ( one syllable or two?) |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
While certain words have syllables that may count only one Once context is applied to them such rules can be undone How can this be? You ask of me incredulous at best To which I say now let me see let's put this to the test A meter's been established here that truths may be revealed Let's yield to the context now that we're this far afield What magic's this, some parlor trick, set to decieve your eyes? Or mere poetic license where a different rule applies? A bit of both I'd like to think the writers slight of hand May cause the reader to pronounce what they don't understand |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
LOL... I'd answered the question (for me, one) before I read the poem... and sure enough, that line didn't flow for me. *G* But you're absolutely right... our individual speech patterns and accents influence our poetry reading! *S* |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
suthern, Thanks, yep they sure do. This subject came up in the workshop so I thought I'd play around with it. Yield , of course, has one syllable as do some other words that can be pronounced with two syllables depending on context. Once the meter has been established the reader automatically pronounces the extra syllable in order to maintain it. |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Very clever - and I am laughing. You write so well. Alison |
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Very cute, Doc - If you can't beat 'em - Cheat 'em... Stretch that syllable for all you can get from it!  |
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