[Bards] Poetic Exercise #4
Biggs, Truly
truly.biggs at hp.com
Wed Sep 24 07:13:55 PDT 2003
Sorry - that was more than two stanzas. Didn't remember that little
requirement till after I hit "send"
Heh,
Eleanor
-----Original Message-----
From: Biggs, Truly
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:00 AM
To: Jay Rudin; Ansteorran Bardic list
Subject: RE: [Bards] Poetic Exercise #4
Robin,
Oh have I told you lately that
I so admire your style?
And have I told you truly that
Your verses make me smile?
This meter is your forte if
My memory proves true
I also feel at home herein
Because I learned from you
I know that you have told me that
You do not have the time
To craft more poems and stories, or
at least - to make them rhyme.
And yet, I am your daughter, and
Some privileges this brings.
And I can ask such things of you
That you'd not do for kings.
If ballad form, or villanelles,
Or triolets or worse.
I do not care what form you choose
Please - won't you write more verse?
Thanks,
Truly
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Rudin [mailto:rudin at ev1.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:14 AM
To: Ansteorran Bardic list
Subject: Re: [Bards] Poetic Exercise #4
> But, er, this Iambic stuff has me molto confused.... Could you explain
it to me? Anybody?
Iambic meter is really easy, and in fact, Ulf explained it so briefly
that you missed it.
An iamb is a foot of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one
(ta-DUM)
An iambic line is several iambs in a row -- ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM,
ta-DUM
Ballad measure is all iambic lines, four feet, three feet, four feet,
three feet. Most songs in English are in ballad measure.
ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM
ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM,
ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM
ta-DUM, ta-DUM, ta-DUM.
Example:
The Baron was a bardic man;
He knew the ways of verse,
(I wrote this poem some years ago,
This second one is worse.
But Ulfie wanted humor, so
I had to make it daft.)
And with those verses on his knee,
The baron sat and laughed.
Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
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