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Nan
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This is a repeat of a previous workshop as well - but I guess that if we keep several months between one and the next, we're OK... We'll do some new stuff soon...  Here goes... 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 necessarily so.... 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 - 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 This is a light easy workshop - We'll have some fun with it... Oh - and Doreen - We'll be looking for full poems in limerick format from you.... I'll add more - I just did the one on oodle's o' noodles... After I get home from my 'real time' classroom..... |
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