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Jan 10, 2012
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Killing by meter
I will kill especially you
Kill you, Kill you, Kill you, Kill you, Kill you,
death by Iambic Pentameter
I will definitely kill you
Kill you, Kill you, Kill you, Kill you, Kill you,
death by Trochaic Pentameter
I will kill you right now
Kill you now, Kill you now, Kill you now, Kill you now,
death by Anapestic Tetrameter
I will definitely kill you, now
Kill you now, Kill you now, Kill you now, Kill you now,
death by Dactylic Tetrameter
Any way I think you're dead
I play a beat upon your head
death by irregular front stress
and Iambic tetrameter,
what a bloody mess.
About This Poem
Last Few Words: Just a teaser for the meter workshop, but I like it [grins]. Do note the different feeling of the different meters for the same words.
Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Comments
William Saint George
13 years 6 months ago
You...
You really studied poetry in school. I need a lot of learning now. By the way, I'm watching a scene in a disgusting movie right now, in which an older women is thrashing the young girl who slept with her husband.
Just wanted to say so.
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
you can get all the learning you need now
the only "schoolish" bit is learning the names of the types of meter, and hey, you just learned them by reading this poem.
wesley snow
13 years 6 months ago
Alright, you've redeemed yourself in my eyes.
The poem is not only a marvelous tool, it's amusing. Now, as to your fascist comments... can you sense the voodoo doll? wesley
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
oh, I thought it was arthritis, angina and advanced syphilus
all striking at once! Put the doll away please! You know I was being purposely provocative to start a discussion, why the hell would I run a workshop on meter if I didn't truly believe in its value?
Redemption is hard to do, can't you buy it on Ebay?
wesley snow
13 years 6 months ago
Of course I did.
And it got me off my dead ass. wesley
Candlewitch
13 years 6 months ago
Dear Jess,
From this example (and poem) I have learned that I relate to "death by Iambic Pentameter" and eddy styx best relates to: "Trochaic Pentameter". Now I just need to be able to pronounce them and spell them! And this gave me a hearty chuckle!
Any way I think you're dead
I play a beat upon your head
death by irregular front stress
and Iambic tetrameter,
what a bloody mess.
always, Cat
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
Bugger pronunciation
just remember the terms, they are essential.
Alex liked it too, but unlike Eddie, he can't write for shit.
I'm really glad you can feel the difference in the forms, you are more than half way to learning meter.
Eduardo Cruz
13 years 6 months ago
Jess,
I wrote a meter shit, that should be dead I guess
murdering bastards.
see further down, my answer to this meter,
Eddie
this is some crazy ass shit. I do think I like it.
scribbler
13 years 6 months ago
Hello
I'm gonna save this. As an aside the meter is all over the place and that's My forte lol.........stan
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
sing along
I'm Jess the mess
diddle diddle diddle dum
with the extra stress
diddle diddle diddle dum
no matter how hard I try to scan
I always end an also ran
I'm Jess the mess
diddle diddle diddle dum
pleiades
13 years 6 months ago
clearest example i've read,
clearest example i've read, of the correct stresses
THANK YOU
(copied and pasted in my meter file!)
the laugh at the last stanza was a bonus
cheers
p
t. reflexion
13 years 6 months ago
This meter thing
seems to be killing my old ways
making me feel I haven't started
to write, I see meter measuring
so i take a ruler along with pen
to make the edges run straight
till there is nothing more to write
this meter thing is killing softly
but for my faith in reincarnation
I would have deemed it doomed
so I hope to write better pieces
Thank you Jess, for killing me
tr
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
killing me softly,
with meter.
A hint, don't count the syllables, count the units of meter, 'feet'. The lines will often be visually quite different lengths, it is all in what it sounds like spoken aloud.
Eduardo Cruz
13 years 6 months ago
bulllocks
I didn't understand a shit
Bullocks
I understand all this shit
Bullocks
I just almost wrote some shit
Bullocks
Is this good or bad shit
bullocks
who can tell what is really shit
well that's my try, is it right or wrong?
Eddie
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
try looking at the bold, stressed syllables here
it is in the sound when spoken normally
I didn't understand a shit
Bullocks
I understand all this shit
Bullocks
I just almost wrote some shit
Bullocks
Is this good or bad shit
Bullocks
who can tell what is really shit
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
thank you sir
of course not feel ashamed, your body of work speaks for itself.
Tam the Chanter
13 years 6 months ago
mathematics
To convert feet to metres multiply by .3048. Easy peasy!
Ian
weirdelf
13 years 6 months ago
fine here, Ian
but in the workshop please don't introduce these quips about the terminology, it will only confuse people.
I had quite enough bullshit from Crud and Yenti in the last workshop about the terminology. It s useful and we will use it. Saying da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM every time we refer to Iambic Pentameter is just dumb.