06-27-2014, 12:35 AM
Billy,
Yeah, you're confusing "Enki" with "Enkidu". Enkidu was the half beast/half human who was the best friend of Gilgamesh, half human/half god. Enki was the second in line of the gods behind his half brother Enlil who was king of the gods. Both stories come from stories found on cuneiform tablets, mostly copies of the Sumerian into Babylonian. However, that was one of my favorite STNG episodes.
In terms of what you re-wrote, I understand what you are getting at, but the idea is that every two lines is actually a four foot line broken into.
show everyone your merry way.
Thus one line of iambic tetrameter. I understand what you are trying to read, it would be like reverse ballad meter. a three foot line followed by a four foot line, or here a two foot line followed by a three foot line,
Thanks for the comments. If you want to read more about this stuff, The Book of Giants also mentions Gilgamesh, and the books of Enoch give an overview of the same incidents that are alluded to in the Bible in Genesis where it talks about "In those days Giants were upon the earth."
Dale
Yeah, you're confusing "Enki" with "Enkidu". Enkidu was the half beast/half human who was the best friend of Gilgamesh, half human/half god. Enki was the second in line of the gods behind his half brother Enlil who was king of the gods. Both stories come from stories found on cuneiform tablets, mostly copies of the Sumerian into Babylonian. However, that was one of my favorite STNG episodes.
In terms of what you re-wrote, I understand what you are getting at, but the idea is that every two lines is actually a four foot line broken into.
show everyone your merry way.
Thus one line of iambic tetrameter. I understand what you are trying to read, it would be like reverse ballad meter. a three foot line followed by a four foot line, or here a two foot line followed by a three foot line,
Thanks for the comments. If you want to read more about this stuff, The Book of Giants also mentions Gilgamesh, and the books of Enoch give an overview of the same incidents that are alluded to in the Bible in Genesis where it talks about "In those days Giants were upon the earth."
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.