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"Anapaest" ( For bottom workshop)
"Anapaest"
An anapaest:-
Also spelled anapæst or anapest, also called antidactylus.
Is a metrical foot used in formal poetry.
In classical quantitative meters it consists of:-
Two short syllables followed by a long one;
In accentual stress meters it consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable
It may be seen as a reversed dactyl.
Because of its length and the fact that it ends with a stressed syllable and so allows for strong rhymes, anapaest can produce a very rolling, galloping feeling verse.
This allows for long lines with a great deal of internal complexity
Well Well this is going to be fun for us see you in the padded room, but I shall go to my cave and contemplate the universe, damn a verse got in there some place.
Love you all, Yours, Ian.T
Comments
Rula
Sun, 2013-09-22 04:26
thanks for the education
dear Ian. Informative and simple.
Thanks for sharing...see who's studying hard these days! LoL
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lonlyhrtsclub13
Sun, 2013-09-22 06:57
very helpful
Did they give a rhythm for it?
Keep Writing,
Carrie
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Ian.T
Sun, 2013-09-22 07:13
Carrie
the rythme for anapaest is:- "da da Dum" and as they say it gives to having long lines in poetry.
I am struggling with this as the way I speak is slightly different to others and the accentuation is on other parts of the words, this happens in many countries.
The old English was a sing song type of speak, I believe this is why the old masters had little problem with the lines.
You should hear the children when they talk lol as they think talk it is a colourful experience sometimes, but that is another story..
You take care, Yours Ian
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So find more reasons to believe in others..
lonlyhrtsclub13
Sun, 2013-09-22 08:08
thank you
That is helpful. I.will try tonight after the kids are in bed.
Keep Writing,
Carrie
"Quoth said the Raven, NEVERMORE"
Rula
Sun, 2013-09-22 11:52
I don't
Think it's a good idea to start anapaest before making sure your dactyl is mastered kinda of.
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lonlyhrtsclub13
Sun, 2013-09-22 11:55
I have to
Do my scansion of my Dactyl quatrain.....I am trying to get through these exercises as timely as I can. I am a bit lost without Wesley's direction.
Keep Writing,
Carrie
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Rula
Sun, 2013-09-22 12:02
why don't you
do the first line.
I shall be here checking.
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weirdelf
Sun, 2013-09-22 11:03
some links that might help
http://www.shmoop.com/literature-glossary/anapest.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapaest
cheers,
Jess
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