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