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- Bellobazza
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Re: opinions sought
Re: Glenny's question "why this oppositional attitude arises when the structure of verse is discussed?"
Analogous Allergic Reaction
A friend of mine (hmmm...call him Mick)
has allergies that make him sick
and, thought it might seem quite absurd,
what sets him off can be a word!
Like "anapaest'; "iamb"; "trochee";
"tetrameter"; or worse: "spondee".
"Caesura" makes his eyeballs glaze;
"inversion" makes his temper blaze!
Such literary terms as these
will make him tremble at the knees,
and scoff and cough and spit and splutter;
rant and rave and curse and mutter.
And all this seems real strange to me...
you see, this friend...writes poetry!
Analogous Allergic Reaction
A friend of mine (hmmm...call him Mick)
has allergies that make him sick
and, thought it might seem quite absurd,
what sets him off can be a word!
Like "anapaest'; "iamb"; "trochee";
"tetrameter"; or worse: "spondee".
"Caesura" makes his eyeballs glaze;
"inversion" makes his temper blaze!
Such literary terms as these
will make him tremble at the knees,
and scoff and cough and spit and splutter;
rant and rave and curse and mutter.
And all this seems real strange to me...
you see, this friend...writes poetry!
"Each poet that I know (he said)
has something funny in his head..." CJD
has something funny in his head..." CJD
- Glenny Palmer
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Re: opinions sought
Very good indeed Baz. 'Real' good Iambic. (te he).............just........
one little glitch....
rant and rave and curse and mutt-er.
And all this seems real strange to me... (lose the 'and' & replace 'real' with 'quite'.)
'rant and mutter, rave and curse' could set it up for rhyming with 'verse'....??
People have given up giving me greeting cards because I tut tut about the state of the verses in them. That's fair I reckon, as some half-poet has been paid to produce them...tut tut.
Goodonyamate
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one little glitch....
rant and rave and curse and mutt-er.
And all this seems real strange to me... (lose the 'and' & replace 'real' with 'quite'.)
'rant and mutter, rave and curse' could set it up for rhyming with 'verse'....??
People have given up giving me greeting cards because I tut tut about the state of the verses in them. That's fair I reckon, as some half-poet has been paid to produce them...tut tut.
Goodonyamate
Glenny
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Re: opinions sought
Good one Will
very close to the nerve.
I think a line of trochee sounds OK,....... why not Glenny ?
To emphasise the ranting and raving, ....works for me .
Is there a cosmic poetry rule that says every line must be the same metre.
Because the second last line is a new sentence, well .......my ear accepts the switch back to iambic.
I like the real because it makes an assonance with rant and rave.
Not meaning to be oppositional
Glenny. Just a another view of things.
I'll be corrected if need be.
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I think a line of trochee sounds OK,....... why not Glenny ?
To emphasise the ranting and raving, ....works for me .
Is there a cosmic poetry rule that says every line must be the same metre.
Because the second last line is a new sentence, well .......my ear accepts the switch back to iambic.
I like the real because it makes an assonance with rant and rave.
Not meaning to be oppositional
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I'll be corrected if need be.
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Neville
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- Bellobazza
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Well...I s'pose my plan to enter this one in the Blanky Billy (serious section) is shot to bits!
Cheers, Will.
P.S. Glenny...(caesura) rant and rave....
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Cheers, Will.
P.S. Glenny...(caesura) rant and rave....
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has something funny in his head..." CJD
has something funny in his head..." CJD
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Re: opinions sought
Hey Baz - I reckon my eyes became glazed just reading that
Oh Glenny why are people so unkind
I like the little rhymes you see in birthday cards though do agree
that sometimes what is writ aint swell – but it conveys the message well
I wrote to Hallmark once and asked had they a job for me perchance
for I could write them poetry with an Australian flavour ...see
I’d write about Emus and Roos and Kookaburras , Dingoes too.
I’d write a poem, say G’day, pen nice thoughts for a Blokes birthday
I was as blue as blue could be – they said it weren’t their cup of tea.![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Oh Glenny why are people so unkind
![Crying or Very Sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
I like the little rhymes you see in birthday cards though do agree
that sometimes what is writ aint swell – but it conveys the message well
I wrote to Hallmark once and asked had they a job for me perchance
for I could write them poetry with an Australian flavour ...see
I’d write about Emus and Roos and Kookaburras , Dingoes too.
I’d write a poem, say G’day, pen nice thoughts for a Blokes birthday
I was as blue as blue could be – they said it weren’t their cup of tea.
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- Glenny Palmer
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Re: opinions sought
Oh Neville...... x x x
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Glenny, like Robert Frost, I take the road less travelled.
Neville
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Ah Zondrae, Marty, I'll lend you my book of Robert Frost, a wonderful poet.
It was a great phrase of Frost's that Graeme Connors thought of.. there's life outside of country music...thank goodness.![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
It was a great phrase of Frost's that Graeme Connors thought of.. there's life outside of country music...thank goodness.
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Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.