great write Todd, i'm envious.
about the iambic tetrameter, again i'm really struggling.
i scan the first line as;
da--dum----dum----da---da--dum-da-dum
As knives / stretch from/ your fing/ er tips,
when said aloud i get the same stress for stretch as i do for knives.
i really want to understand how to tell the difference.
and line 8 as;
--da-da-dum---da--da-dum--da dum
Could I / please die /be fore / I wake?
is it possible for the syllable 'I' to be both stressed and unstressed in an iambic foot? if so i have no chance of getting my head round it.
about the iambic tetrameter, again i'm really struggling.
i scan the first line as;
da--dum----dum----da---da--dum-da-dum
As knives / stretch from/ your fing/ er tips,
when said aloud i get the same stress for stretch as i do for knives.
i really want to understand how to tell the difference.
and line 8 as;
--da-da-dum---da--da-dum--da dum
Could I / please die /be fore / I wake?
is it possible for the syllable 'I' to be both stressed and unstressed in an iambic foot? if so i have no chance of getting my head round it.