[Bards] Ahem....

[Cathy Polakoff]

Ahh, yes, that works better!

Anna

At 06:24 PM 11/20/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Hmm....
>
>Why doesn't the line about blan verse scan?
>
>Ah.... Because I left out to words.... It WAS late....
>
>That line SHOULD read --
>
>"Tho' blank verse seems to be a trick quite neat."
>
>:-) That should fix it!!!
>
>Esther
>
>Cathy Polakoff <cathy.polakoff at comcast.net> wrote:
>As far as I can tell, yes, this reads as iambic pentameter (except for the
>line about blank verse). See, you do understand this numbered foot stuff!
>
>Give me an email when you get the chance, so we can exchange numbers. I'd
>still like to get together with you to 'talk shop'.
>
>Anna bat Chaim
>cathy.polakoff at comcast.net
>
>At 10:34 PM 11/19/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Thank you, in advance, for your indulgence.
> >
> >
> >
> >This British Maiden, she is confus-ed,
> >
> >Despite the research she hath pursu-ed:
> >
> >One foot, two foot -- no, tis five times two feet!
> >
> >A prosody that tempts the rhyme t'cheat.
> >
> >(Though blank verse seems a trick quite neat!)
> >
> >As Tiggy said, it's all about the beat!
> >
> >So my lords and ladies, band of bold bards --
> >
> >Her! ein have I laid all of these, my cards.
> >
> >Take pity on this befuddled seeker,
> >
> >Is _this_ in iambic pentameter?
> >
> >HL Esther of Ennis Merth
> >
> >(My dictionary said that the last rhyme is correct, though I think that
> >would depend on accent and region of the world where you learned your
> >English. pen TAM e ter)
> >
> >
> >
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