#anapest

[willknightauthor]

A BREATH IN THE DARK

[anthropentajenic]

Of the 90s, but not in the 90s

Of the 90s, but not in the 90s

I’m teaching English 111, Introduction to Literature and Composition Part I, degree requirement basics. It’s not at my usual university, bleeding funding and scholars. I’m at a small school overlooking Wayne Gretzky Drive, built out of brick by tall Lutheran men, furnished with wooden lecterns too tall for me to see over. It’s a secular university now, but in a little-used courtyard there’s a…

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[allthingslinguistic]

Martin West’s book on Greek Metre helpfully supplies a list of emojis taking you through the various stages of metrical bewilderment.

[veradasobrio]

“Opale”

O niedrogich niebieskich migdałach

Wciąż myślała kobitka Wandala,

Stąd zaręczył odnośnie

I gruszeczki... na sośnie...

A tu śliwę (pod oczkiem) dostała. 

[wearefire]

anapest definitely deserved better. like, who decided to give them limericks? why can't they give anapest something a little more sophisticated?

iambic pentameter got shakespeare; anapest got stuck with limericks. where's the justice in that? there's no going back now. anapest will forever be the language of the limerick. in this essay i will-

[thepoetryofjp]

Metrical Verse, a Starting Point

Metrical Verse, a Starting Point

I have heard the question a lot over the years when reading online about poetry on forums, “what is the easiest way to explain Iambic Pentameter?”

Here I am going to attempt to give this answer.

First we have to understand the question. The word Iambic is referring to a type of metrical foot.

A foot within metrical poetry is a unit of measurement. There are the following types of…

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[stevemaythe1st]

A Bestiary of (dimly remembered) Literary Terms. (Inspired by an interesting Twitter thread by @katemond about 7 year olds being forced to learn about 'fronted adverbials' at school - thank you!) tinyurl.com/y55l3hrb #frontedadverbial #spondee #trochee #anapest #literature #bestiary #illustration #penandinkdrawing #monsters #stevemaythe1st https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzxo2_0H6wh/?igshid=ffg3uja5a0m0

[haley-belinda-books-blogs]

Book Review-Poetic Meter and Form Book Review-Poetic Meter and Form by Octavia Wynne Here is a Book review about Octavia Wynne's title,