10-30-2014, 02:23 AM
Perfect for All Hallows' Eve!
Especially:
A letter in the devil’s house,
Beside his port and glass,
Might have your name within its lines:
A prison for the passed.
Though "Where vampires and witches cry, " trips me up too.
There should be four iambs on that line. Of course I'm from Texas
and prone to improper pronunciationingness (and making up words).
"Where VAMpires BITCH and WITches MOO" (or some such)
would fill the bill.
The human years wilt, darkling babes!
Trips me up as well. My unruly brain keeps screwing up the iamb
by wanting to stress the 'wilt' with the comma after it.
Especially:
A letter in the devil’s house,
Beside his port and glass,
Might have your name within its lines:
A prison for the passed.
Though "Where vampires and witches cry, " trips me up too.
There should be four iambs on that line. Of course I'm from Texas
and prone to improper pronunciationingness (and making up words).
"Where VAMpires BITCH and WITches MOO" (or some such)
would fill the bill.
The human years wilt, darkling babes!
Trips me up as well. My unruly brain keeps screwing up the iamb
by wanting to stress the 'wilt' with the comma after it.
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions