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I'd like to write you all a note In perfect iambs wrought And have from each a quick reply In matching feet
If you choose to ignore all those iambs above Anapestic is fine for the prancing of lines And to Slash you can rap in its tripping ascent
Bob would master trochees faster Bouncing phoneme after phoneme Good for jokes with rapid terseness
Hobbes would like waltzing with delicate dactyls and Pixiest probably pukes at their merriment
And so I guess I'll form more feet To talk of Rush and Bush and school The many matters we now face For tired am I of bitching in prose
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For some reason I haven't heard the word monosyllabically in a long time, I forgot how fun it is to say.
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If only I could guess what an iamb is or says or does I might have a chance of following the inestimable señor tazón in his silly juego.
For those who have not guessed, I like to cheat by using a Spanish word when English simply will not work in its place así. el crocodilo no es poeta.
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Boy, I expected more responses as Hatrackers attempt to show off their literary cleverness. Where are all of the English major types?
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quote:If only I could guess what an iamb is or says or does I might have a chance of following the inestimable señor tazón in his silly juego.
For those who have not guessed, I like to cheat by using a Spanish word when English simply will not work in its place así. el crocodilo no es poeta.
Wow. I'm shocked at what you've written here Your iambs are all skewed; If you by chance were forced to write Some poem to save your very life It seems you would be screwed.
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quote:Wow. I'm shocked at what you've written here Your iambs are all skewed; If you by chance were forced to write Some poem to save your very life It seems you would be screwed.
Dammit DB, I'm an engineer not a poet
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It's just, I think, that when I read much verse, My brain that form begins to oft rehearse, And since true ease is due to art not chance, As dear old Alex said (invoking dance), I thought the exercise of growing used To verse in this form actually produced Might free some dam of stricture in our minds And loose a flood of good (or sorry) rhymes.
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And so I offer this enchanting sport, That we each month one day may fair cavort, The first occurrence of a Saturday Henceforth be named Heroic Couplet Day.
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