01-26-2014, 09:57 AM
(01-26-2014, 09:52 AM)milo Wrote:iamb trochee, its all the same thing these days. considering the rest of the old english did write kinda fits anyway. not to say the poem is worth a hoot.(01-26-2014, 09:48 AM)trueenigma Wrote:Did write is metrically correct (though a trochee) but an obvious act of.desperation. you don't really see the old "did (verb)" in sonnets anymore.(01-26-2014, 09:46 AM)milo Wrote: Ah, yes, the one with "did write".honestly I have no idea. "did write" seems to be an iamb though.
I think it may be metrically and historically inaccurate.
The metrical problems are elsewhere.
Did write is a more grotesque version of leannes had have and my "and so he"

