#amphibrachic tetrameter

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so curious what metre/s is the spongebob theme in i need to know

Scansion:

◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – Who lives in / a pineap/ple under / the sea? – – / – – SpongeBob / SquarePants ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – Absorbent / and yellow / and porous / is he – – / – – SpongeBob / SquarePants ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – If nauti/cal nonsense / be something / you wish – – / – – SpongeBob / SquarePants ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – Then drop on / the deck / and flop like / a fish – – / – – SpongeBob / SquarePants

Metrical form: Amphibrachic tetrameter catalectic, with a trochaic dimeter refrain. There is a substitution of the second amphibrach for an iamb in the last full line, with the effect of dividing the line into two equal parts.

[creatediana]

I know I'm alive, since I still hear the ringing; in most other senses, to life I'm just clinging.

"Buh." - a couplet written 11/13/2023

[rudysassafras]

Odds and Amends

Of all of the funerals I’ve ever attended

Not one held foreshadow of parting

And all of the friendships I’ve ever amended

Not one felt the need for restarting

For God plays a role in the matters of kismet

The dice are all loaded with swiftness

The cards are all stacked in the favor of bad debt

To bind us all unto forgiveness

—rudysassafras

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an effective, reflective messiah detective

Scansion:

◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – No doubt that / people shout a/bout the things that / took place 1 ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – Using stories / from the people / who met Jesus / face-to-face 2 ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ To get a / perspective, / I’ve tried to / be objective 3 ◡ ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ I’m an effective, / reflective, / Messiah / detective ◡ – ◡ / ◡ – / ◡ ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – Now Theo, my mate, you can be certain of the truth 4 ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ / ◡ ◡ – ◡ – Big up your / brother Luke, cos / I’m a gospel sleuth

Metrical form: I'd say the basic metron is (◡) ◡ – ◡ with 4 metra to a line (the last line gets cut off at the end for emphasis I guess), so loosely amphibrachic tetrameter.

Rhyme scheme: AABBCC, but with lots of line-internal rhymes as well (pretty typical of some styles of rap).

Other notes: sorry what the hell is this

[creatediana]

"Leaps of Good Literature" - an octave written 8/26/2023

[creatediana]

"Good Girl. Bad Bait." - a poem written 7/21/2022

[creatediana]

“Queen to Sleep” - a poem written 6/08/2022

[creatediana]

“De Generaciones” - a copla de arte mayor written 11/08/2021

I’ve crept in the nooks of my kiddish ideas. They’re pinching me tight, so I may pop the blister I got on the monkey bars. My little sister (who thinks she’s my daughter, but really I see as an orphan) discovers three new panaceas beside on the bench. She asks while I’m exploring how I could have fun doing something so boring. I don’t know. I’m not quite mature yet like she is.