A few questions about poetry and poems

[Billy]

1. I have noticed that is some poems the sentence is not complete rather
drops to the next line; is this to keep the meter of the poem?

2. I would like to try my hand at metered poetry but I can't seam to hear
the stressed and unstressed words. Is there any exercises (no not push-ups
lol) that may help?

Bill

[Barbara's Cat]

In article <D9udnQktQ54qFi_fRVn-***@rogers.com>,
posted Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:39:12 -0400,

Post by Billy
1. I have noticed that is some poems the sentence is not complete rather
drops to the next line; is this to keep the meter of the poem?
2. I would like to try my hand at metered poetry but I can't seam to hear
the stressed and unstressed words. Is there any exercises (no not push-ups
lol) that may help?
Bill

An excellent web page for finding poetry how-tos is:
http://www.aapcsite.plus.com/research.html

A "good read" on poetry is Dennis M Hammes' "Prosody":
http://www.scrawlmark.org/proso.html

A couple of articles on line-breaks:
http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~tpl/texts/lines.html
http://www.spinelessbooks.com/theory/linebreaks/index.html

A couple of articles on meter:
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/tsteele/TSpage5/meter.html
http://theliterarylink.com/versification.html

For exercises (no, not push-ups, lol) on meter, go here:
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/meter_def.html

For help with determining which syllables are stressed, the second place
(the first place being your ear) to look is a dictionary where a word's
"pronunciation" will show which syllable(s) is(are) stressed, e.g.

lazy = 'lA-zE
(The ' symbol indicates the first syllable is stressed.)

procrastinate = pr&-'kras-t&-"nAt
(The ' and " indicate the second and forth syllables are stressed.)

BTW, Google is your friend.

Cat (not a poetry expert; rather, a serious novice)

[Billy]

Greatly appreciated Cat

Bill

Post by Barbara's Cat
posted Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:39:12 -0400,

Post by Billy
1. I have noticed that is some poems the sentence is not complete rather
drops to the next line; is this to keep the meter of the poem?
2. I would like to try my hand at metered poetry but I can't seam to hear
the stressed and unstressed words. Is there any exercises (no not push-ups
lol) that may help?
Bill

http://www.aapcsite.plus.com/research.html
http://www.scrawlmark.org/proso.html
http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~tpl/texts/lines.html
http://www.spinelessbooks.com/theory/linebreaks/index.html
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/tsteele/TSpage5/meter.html
http://theliterarylink.com/versification.html
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/meter_def.html
For help with determining which syllables are stressed, the second place
(the first place being your ear) to look is a dictionary where a word's
"pronunciation" will show which syllable(s) is(are) stressed, e.g.
lazy = 'lA-zE
(The ' symbol indicates the first syllable is stressed.)
procrastinate = pr&-'kras-t&-"nAt
(The ' and " indicate the second and forth syllables are stressed.)
BTW, Google is your friend.
Cat (not a poetry expert; rather, a serious novice)
--
Cm~

[Will-Dockery]

Post by Barbara's Cat

In article <D9udnQktQ54qFi_fRVn>
posted Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:39:12 -0400
Billy <mrbill> said
1. I have noticed that is some poems the sentence is not complet

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drops to the next line; is this to keep the meter of the poem
2. I would like to try my hand at metered poetry but I can't sea

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the stressed and unstressed words. Is there any exercises (no no

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lol) that may help
Bil

An excellent web page for finding poetry how-tos is
http://www.aapcsite.plus.com/research.htm
A "good read" on poetry is Dennis M Hammes

"Prosody"

Post by Barbara's Cat
http://www.scrawlmark.org/proso.htm
A couple of articles on line-breaks
http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~tpl/texts/lines.htm
http://www.spinelessbooks.com/theory/linebreaks/index.htm
A couple of articles on meter
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/tsteele/TSpage5/meter.htm
http://theliterarylink.com/versification.htm
For exercises (no, not push-ups, lol) on meter, go here
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/meter_def.htm
For help with determining which syllables are stressed, the secon

place

Post by Barbara's Cat
(the first place being your ear) to look is a dictionary where

word's

Post by Barbara's Cat
"pronunciation" will show which syllable(s) is(are

stressed, e.g

Post by Barbara's Cat
lazy = 'lA-z
(The ' symbol indicates the first syllable is stressed.
procrastinate = pr&-'kras-t&-"nA
(The ' and " indicate the second and forth syllables ar

stressed.

Post by Barbara's Cat
BTW, Google is your friend
Cat (not a poetry expert; rather, a serious novice
--
Cm

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