06-08-2015, 03:26 AM
Three name girl,
Ah, well it makes more sense now. Obviously I wouldn't be privy to that information because I am old, but I guess it is otherwise well known. Partially my fault for not noticing the spelling in the title and researching that. I'm sure most people will get it, I'm just out of date (yes I know, that's what you use it for). If you do consider trying to put it in formal meter, I would recommend ballad meter, as it lends itself to humor and it is a fairly easy pattern.
Ballad meter is written in Iambic. That is a foot is composed of two syllables. The first syllable is unaccented/unstressed, the second is accented/stressed.
It is written in quatrains (stanzas of four lines).
The line lengths are as follows:
L1 iambic tetrameter (four feet of iambs)
L2 iambic trimeter (three feet of iambs)
L3 iambic tetrameter (four feet of iambs)
L4 iambic trimeter (three feet of iambs)
Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme, but lines 1 and 3 can rhyme (consistently or incidentally)
The go to example is "Amazing Grace", but for beginners I prefer these lines from Emily as they put more stress on the accented syllables:
"Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality."
There are also places on the site that will help you with meter. I highly recommend you learn at least the basics of meter, as all decent poetry has a rhythmic quality, metered or not. Without developing that innate sense of rhythm one will never progress far in poetry. I think you will actually remember some of this from your childhood, that is if you heard Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
Dale
Ah, well it makes more sense now. Obviously I wouldn't be privy to that information because I am old, but I guess it is otherwise well known. Partially my fault for not noticing the spelling in the title and researching that. I'm sure most people will get it, I'm just out of date (yes I know, that's what you use it for). If you do consider trying to put it in formal meter, I would recommend ballad meter, as it lends itself to humor and it is a fairly easy pattern.
Ballad meter is written in Iambic. That is a foot is composed of two syllables. The first syllable is unaccented/unstressed, the second is accented/stressed.
It is written in quatrains (stanzas of four lines).
The line lengths are as follows:
L1 iambic tetrameter (four feet of iambs)
L2 iambic trimeter (three feet of iambs)
L3 iambic tetrameter (four feet of iambs)
L4 iambic trimeter (three feet of iambs)
Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme, but lines 1 and 3 can rhyme (consistently or incidentally)
The go to example is "Amazing Grace", but for beginners I prefer these lines from Emily as they put more stress on the accented syllables:
"Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality."
There are also places on the site that will help you with meter. I highly recommend you learn at least the basics of meter, as all decent poetry has a rhythmic quality, metered or not. Without developing that innate sense of rhythm one will never progress far in poetry. I think you will actually remember some of this from your childhood, that is if you heard Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
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.