Kind of a talky, discursive poem today. A curtal sonnet, full rhyme (for once), decasyllabic or 10-syllable lines. You Just Never Know Give the curtal sonnet a try, friends. Robert Lee Brewer's description is great, though I would say 10 1/2 lines rather than 11, so a half-line at the end rather than his suggestion of a spondee there. Since I use decasyllabics rather than pentameter, the half-line would be 5 syllables for me. It's a great form, challenging but quick. https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/curtal-sonnet-poetic-form Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
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Poetry Wednesday, No. 229.
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I find meter challenging. Always have, which is why I'm trying more and more to at least use blank verse in my poetry. When I was in preschool, taking ballet, I was subjected to what seems an eternity of sitting in front of a mirror, listening to "Baby, Take a Bow" on repeat about 67,000 times, instructed to "clap on the downbeat." White girl's got no rhythm. Never had. But I'm working on it! I am like the poor poet in that lovely Carl Spitzweg painting, counting on my fingers to the contrapuntal patter of the rain. (I'm told my poetic superpower - as you noted, this morning - is enjambment. I'm just glad I have SOMETHING... ;) )
Yes, enjambment is one of the most important devices I taught my college students. Of course, used in concert with end stopping.
About meter ... one way to approach it is by not worrying about the unstressed syllables. For example, for pentameter, just get 5 stresses in there. Just 5.
I felt I was cheating on a few lines, recently - ending a line unstressed, then starting the next with a stressed syllable. But it flows more naturally that way.
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