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Nan
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So - Why combine the two into the same workshop? Darned if I know - It felt right at the thyme....  Let's start first with Anapestic Meter. What's an anapestic, you say? Simple - it's a three-beat foot..... - with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one.... For example:....That one modifies the first foot by eliminating the first syllable, as many works do - How about the classic of all thyme.... not-a-CREA/ture-was-STIR/ring-not-E/ven-a-MOUSE all-the-STOCK/ings-were-HUNG/by-the-CHIM/ney-with-CARE in-the-HOPES/that-st-NICH/o-las-SOON/would-be-THERE...." This one is flawless, folks.... That's all there is to anapestic - It looks easy, huh? Not so.... I just posted one of the few poems I've written in anapestic meter in the Corner Pub - I must admit - Even I dropped the first beat on each line - Don't tell, all right? I even deviated a bit from my anapestic tetrameter throughout the poem....YIKES! I can't believe I did that....  ... I need to try another without improvising. You guys can try it too - Use a rhyme scheme of your own choice - But make sure you have one - your poem will flow more smoothly... Then there are Limericks. As corny as they are, everyone loves them. Five simple lines of light humorous verse make up a limerick. The rhyme scheme is a-a-b-b-a. The stress pattern is clearly anapestic - ergo my choice to make a combined workshop. For example: That's a fact you can nary refute If you see Justin Thyme He'll be penning new rhyme Justin Kace Crachet gives him the boot The anapestic meter, alternates as: trimeter, trimeter, dimeter, dimeter, and back to trimeter - It breaks down as..... that's-a-FACT/you-can-NA/ry-re-FUTE if-you-SEE/just-in-THYME he'll-be-PEN/ning-new-RHYME just-in-KACE/crach-et-GIVES/him-the-BOOT Let's give it a shot, shall we? I bet we get some stragglers coming in on this one - Whatcha think? They won't be able to stand watching us have all the fun - Hey, Ya think we should lock the door??? [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 12-02-1999).] |
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