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Balladeer

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0 posted 2008-06-28 07:38 PM

A polyptoton is a variation of repeating the same word is to use several different forms of the same word.

The Greeks are strong and skillful in their strength,
Fierce to their skill, and in their fierceness valiant;
-- William Shakespeare

The polyptoton here is fierce along with fierceness.

Dr. Moose is happiest when
He attacks the unhappy teacher again
But his unhappiness becomes very clear
When defeated by the happy Balladeer.

Here we have four polyptotons all based on the word happy!

So your assignment is to create a poem of at least 8 lines that contains at least two sets of polyptotons.

Extra credit given by getting the most polyptotons out of one root.

Now get to polyptotoning!!

Grinch
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1 posted 2008-06-28 08:28 PM

quote:
The polyptoton here is fierce along with fierceness.

And also skill and skillful -
not to mention strong and strength

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2 posted 2008-06-28 09:30 PM

Congrats, Grinch! I wondered if anyone would catch that....I suspected Moose would.

Well done...

ILoveTheRain
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3 posted 2008-06-28 11:22 PM

I don't know if I understand the rules thoroughly, but I gave it a shot.

The feel of my soft, silky blanket
Gives me a great feeling so bright
So I lie and say I lost it, but
my sister found it lying here tonight
I spotted her sneaking it away from me
From my only secret hiding spot
I ran to get it and saw it was dirty
And all I could say was "gee, thanks a whole lot.."

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4 posted 2008-06-28 11:59 PM

I'd say you have it down well, rainy one

Feel ---> feeling lie -----> lying spotted ---> spot

Nicely done

ILoveTheRain
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5 posted 2008-06-29 12:07 PM

Well good! I'm excited to hear that. I felt that my poem was a little corny, but it did the job!

Thank you

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6 posted 2008-06-29 08:52 AM

Yep, it did the job and, yes, it was cornier than Dorothy and Toto's back yard but you got the idea down and you can work on the corny

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7 posted 2008-06-29 12:27 PM

The hanged man danced un-breathing unto death
A dancing crowd all cheering his last breath
What fools to cheer as if victorious
When the hang mans noose could dance for each of us
The tyrant through his tyranny has won
And cheered the victor smiles as he looks on
But a winning smile holds no crown on a head
When the dancers count themselves among the dead

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8 posted 2008-06-29 03:43 PM

hanged man -----> hang man's
danced ---> dancing ---.dancers ---> dance
unbreathing ---> breath
victorious ---> victor
cheered ---> cheer
tyrant ---> tyranny
smiles ---> smile
death ---> dead
won ---> winning

Grinch, you have a severe case of polyptotonitis!

Your employment of them is very well done and, with or without them, the poem itself is worthy of applause. Great work, sir

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9 posted 2008-06-29 03:54 PM

I almost heard CHEERING!

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10 posted 2008-06-29 09:26 PM

Grinch
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11 posted 2008-06-30 02:08 PM

I was thinking more of this cheering:

A dancing crowd all cheering his last breath

The Shadow in Blue
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12 posted 2008-06-30 06:40 PM

I'll try one today Teach.
Wish me luck...

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13 posted 2008-07-01 12:40 PM

grinch...oops.

Shadow...good luck! I look forward to reading it.

The Shadow in Blue
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14 posted 2008-07-02 10:45 AM

Balladeer, I have a question. Is a polyptoton considered a polyptoton if the word or the line is a variation of its counterpart?

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15 posted 2008-07-02 05:38 PM

Not sure I understand the question. A variation of it's counterpart??

If you mean like strong and strength, then yes. If you mean something else. please be more specific..

The Shadow in Blue
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16 posted 2008-07-02 05:42 PM

Sorry about the mix up Balladeer. Thanks for clearing up my confusion.

With that being said, I present to you my assignment. Hope it's satisfactory.
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Coffee fuels this tired teen’s soul.
It provides the fuel for her languished abode,
Facilitating action from the get go,
Joyfully jolting her alert and awake.

It flows through her veins,
As it curtails her malaise.
Striving her on in
In the flow of the herd

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