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Strike two Trochaic pentameter
Strike two Trochaic pentameter
Workshop critique: The Bottom Line
SI-lence | SCRATCH-ing | SNOW-y | BRANCH-less | FOR-est
WIT-ness | GLOW-ing | SCREECH-ing | EYES are | GROW-ing
GUN-shot | ROARS in | DIS-tant | BAN-shee | CHOR-us
SOUNDS as | LOUD as | REAP-ers | COM-ing | GO-ing
RON
Blue Demon77
What I want to be is what I was before the knife, before the bed,
before the brooch pin and the salve fixed me in this parenthesis:
Horses fluent in the wind. A place, a time gone out of mind.
The Eye-Mote Sylvia Plath
Style / type:
Structured: Western
Review Request (Intensity):
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing stage:
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Comments
Rula
Tue, 2013-09-24 02:05
Perfect Ron!
Well done!
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BlueDemon77
Tue, 2013-09-24 07:34
Thanks Rula!
Now come the true beasts: Dactylic Hexameter and Anapestic Hexameter (I know I may not be required to go that far, but I want to, I feel I owe it to myself).
Thanks again!
Ron
Blue Demon77
"What I want is to be what I was before the knife,
before the brooch pin, before the salve, fixed me in this parenthesis:
Horses fluent in the wind. A place, a time gone out of mind."
The Eye Mote-Sylvia Plath
Rula
Tue, 2013-09-24 09:10
Wesley asked for
tetrameter, I believe. You will be more than satisfied if you get it correct that far.
Keep up the good work!
I trust your talent and industriousness
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BlueDemon77
Tue, 2013-09-24 09:44
Thanks Rula!
That's a relief. I'll see how it goes. I've been trying to do relatively decent poetry (failed on the Trochaic, I think) and hope to do the same with the next two forms. Not only the correct meter, but a poem that adds up to a real meaning. Here's hoping!
Ron
Blue Demon77
"What I want is to be what I was before the knife,
before the brooch pin, before the salve, fixed me in this parenthesis:
Horses fluent in the wind. A place, a time gone out of mind."
The Eye Mote-Sylvia Plath
wesley snow
Sat, 2013-09-28 17:41
Save the "meaning" for our final poem.
I don't care if the quatrains are nonsense words ala Carroll. As long as you grasp the meter I am ecstatic.
This one is perfect Ron. Do not fear The "D" and "A" words... they cannot harm... okay, they can really screw you up bad, but it's all for the purpose of growth.
"Don't hurt what you can't kill".
W. H. Snow
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