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Yitzy
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since 2003-05-12
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0 posted 2003-05-15 05:56 PM


Blank Verse

Meticulous in Vain

He spends hours in the park, shooting hoops.
Deliberately repeats the pattern.
Arm is arched, knees are bent, the perfect form.
Up and away, he watches in dismay
As the shot glances, again, off the rim.

I welcome all suggestions and I encourage people to assess my work with meter in this poem. I am not sure if I remained true to it or not. I invite those who are more keen to it than I am to reveal to me the caliber of my mess :-).


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Nan
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1 posted 2003-05-26 05:57 PM


OK - Yitzy - Blank Verse is written in iambic pentameter - That's five da-DUM's per line

da-DUM/da-DUM/da-DUM/da-DUM/da-DUM

Let's see how this verse falls into that pattern.  I'll bold what I read as a stressed syllable... da-DUM

He spends hours in the park, shooting hoops.
Deliberately repeats the pattern.
Arm is arched, knees are bent, the perfect form.
Up and away, he watches in dismay
As the shot glances, again, off the rim.

Here are some suggestions for smoothing the meter into iambic feet...

he's atthe park for hours shooting hoops.
Deliberately patterns he repeats.
His arms are arched, knees bent, the perfect form.
Up and away, he watches in dismay
A shot that glances off the rim again.

[This message has been edited by Nan (05-26-2003 06:04 PM).]

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