tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439011639472684219.post3579194013503891361..comments2023-07-05T02:00:02.956-07:00Comments on Poe-Query: I ain't got rhythmJoannie Stangelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006768246992875405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439011639472684219.post-24311439535587377812010-01-10T08:07:00.503-08:002010-01-10T08:07:00.503-08:00In the recent novel, "The Anthologist" -...In the recent novel, "The Anthologist" - about a poet writing an introduction to a volume of rhyming verse - the protagonist waxes on for chapters about beat, meter, and stress - and how "Iambic pentameter" is really a four-beat line, not a five-beat one. Some interesting ideas about meter hiding inside an amusing book!Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439011639472684219.post-1830541294445010112010-01-09T07:22:10.692-08:002010-01-09T07:22:10.692-08:00Joannie, I too am stressed by scanning for stresse...Joannie, I too am stressed by scanning for stresses. I really like you idea of "casual formal" verse. I do believe there is music in my lines despite my trouble with scansion, and I do purposefully seek out that music. Thanks for the post!Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.com