01-20-2026, 11:33 PM
(01-20-2026, 10:55 PM)milo Wrote:ugh(01-20-2026, 10:54 PM)wasellajam Wrote:lol - I was just getting to this one . . .(01-20-2026, 03:30 AM)wasellajam Wrote: Thanks for such a clear explanation. How's this?I love reading these in depth posts but one of you has to take a breath and let me know if I'm hearing this correctly. Some of us are taking baby steps.
Always behind absorbing poetic
tricks that will help my metered write.
Reading the explanation, clear as day,
somehow won't penetrate my foggy brain.
All 4 inversions are solid L1 and L2 are tetrameter and L4 and L5 are pentameter so it took me a few times. Using alternate feet per line can work but usually either as a 5-4-5-4 pattern or as a shrinking pattern:
Reading the explanation, clear as day,
Always behind absorbing poetic
somehow won't penetrate my foggy brain.
tricks that will help my metered write.
ALways beHIND abSORBing (ah, now I can see how poetic has only one stress)
ugh, wtf, maybe I should try using shorter words, though that might not be as much fun.