tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post8479915385235357019..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: Metaphor and Simile, or Semaphore or Something Else.soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-73997416523815007482012-08-29T13:12:36.943-05:002012-08-29T13:12:36.943-05:00I'm waiting....
The limerick conversion will o...I'm waiting....<br />The limerick conversion will only be accepted if it's got exactly the same number of syllables as the sonnet.<br /><br />An inquisitive fellow called Max, <br />Whose poetry waned as it waxed<br />Tried alliteration, <br />And brute sublimation, <br />'Til Soubriquet told him, "Relax!"<br /><br /> <br />soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-36241421523429264472012-08-29T13:01:22.557-05:002012-08-29T13:01:22.557-05:00My post is getting longer, as I think of more stuf...My post is getting longer, as I think of more stuff.<br />I confess, I became quite interested in the history side, even though that wasn't really what the post was about, in the beginning. <br /><br />soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-54298138249854013872012-08-29T00:04:21.981-05:002012-08-29T00:04:21.981-05:00I certainly did take your advice and it is helping...I certainly did take your advice and it is helping me get the hang of it. At present I am practicing substituting words in sonnets, trying to convert them to limericks. Not knowing the rules for either, it isn't as hard as you might imagine. I will publish a couple on a poetry blog soon, giving you full credit.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-48488812154135903162012-08-28T01:06:53.582-05:002012-08-28T01:06:53.582-05:00Is it just my imagination or are your posts gettin...Is it just my imagination or are your posts getting shorter.......?Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-49313344082502407332012-08-27T11:32:40.015-05:002012-08-27T11:32:40.015-05:00You're the one who insisted on opening up this...You're the one who insisted on opening up this particular can of worms.<br />It's quite possible to write good poetry without knowing all these terms. And it's equally possible, having been taught all about iambic pentameter to be unable to write anything worth a damn.<br /><br />Don't sweat the terminology too much, like I said, try taking an existing poem, and substitute your own words, while following the same rhyme scheme and rhythm.<br />Listen to a familiar, repetitive sound, and try to write in the same rhythm. <br /><br />When you truly need it is time enough to enquire. There are no rules, save those you choose to embrace.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-56548960272520909232012-08-27T11:12:49.540-05:002012-08-27T11:12:49.540-05:00Oops. I made a confustication there, Byron's t...Oops. I made a confustication there, Byron's the mad bad and dangerous bloke, but I'm sure the description would fit Sennacherib too.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-30506033135348812662012-08-27T11:02:29.031-05:002012-08-27T11:02:29.031-05:00Ogden Nash assumes his reader to be familiar with ...Ogden Nash assumes his reader to be familiar with Byron, but I would not make that assumption. I doubt Byron's much taught in the U.S.?<br />The "Assyrian" was Sennacherib.<br /><br />I doubt modern day students here have much of an idea about him. <br /><br />He's the man Lady Caroline Lamb described, after their first meeting as 'Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.'soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-85750776073459743222012-08-27T04:55:15.569-05:002012-08-27T04:55:15.569-05:00haha, oh gosh, makes my day Soub :)haha, oh gosh, makes my day Soub :)Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-34954873061013756922012-08-26T23:33:14.405-05:002012-08-26T23:33:14.405-05:00I love the pairing of these poems. Thank you for ...I love the pairing of these poems. Thank you for making me read the Byron first (because in reality I don't always really like reading the 'classics') - but it made the Nash poem even better for me. And the Shakespeare .... I'd love to shake your brain and see what falls out because you endlessly amaze me.<br /><br />xxxred dirt girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-74690804471359526332012-08-26T17:15:33.728-05:002012-08-26T17:15:33.728-05:00POETIC FORMS, METERS, AND FEET
alexandrine epithal...POETIC FORMS, METERS, AND FEET<br />alexandrine epithalamium Petrarchan sonnet<br />anapest epode prothalamion<br />aubade epyllion rondeau<br />ballad free verse roundel<br />ballade georgic roundelay<br />blank verse ghazal saga<br />choriamb haiku sapphics<br />choriambic heptameter satire<br />dactyl heroic sestina<br />dactylic hexameter sonnet<br />decasyllable iamb spondee<br />dimeter iambic tanka<br />dirge idyll tetrameter<br />disyllable lay threnody<br />dithyramb limerick trimeter<br />dramatic monologue lyric triolet<br />eclogue madrigal trochaics<br />elegy monody trochee<br />encomium ode virelay<br />epic pastoral <br />epigram pentameter<br /><br />By god, there sure seems to be a lot of people throughout history who are trying to quantify something that is so simple.<br /><br />Is it possible I don't really want to learn how to write poetry after all? Have I been ridiculed back into my idiot cave?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-55325792321955829022012-08-26T17:04:02.697-05:002012-08-26T17:04:02.697-05:00Who is this Shakespeare fellow? That was pretty go...Who is this Shakespeare fellow? That was pretty good. I wish he would write more.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.com