by agoodguy2havesuffolk, Virginia, USA
Mar 2011 496 Views 7 comments
meter police
meter for the sake of its merit
to say it's too hard to trick it
i hear, but i just can't bear it
or the poetic law will ticket
while the meter is nice i agree
to write more freely and state
past it's ticking, a rhythm to me
the point one is trying to make
matters much more than the meter
even the unrefined linguistically
can give thought an outlet, sweeter
and be sage to some who strictly
feel demands only fit Iambic box
blankly ticking on metered clocks
© agoodguy2have 2011-03-01
to say it's too hard to trick it
i hear, but i just can't bear it
or the poetic law will ticket
while the meter is nice i agree
to write more freely and state
past it's ticking, a rhythm to me
the point one is trying to make
matters much more than the meter
even the unrefined linguistically
can give thought an outlet, sweeter
and be sage to some who strictly
feel demands only fit Iambic box
blankly ticking on metered clocks
© agoodguy2have 2011-03-01
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Posted: Mar 2011
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Comments (7)
Here's your ticket, pay early and make savings -
Dear Friend
Not being a scholar alas, the only Greek mythology I have any knowledge of is Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" and these works only from translations from Dr E V Rieu.
The opening line of the Iliad will be childs play to you Tithonus:
“Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus’ son Achilles”
I understand this Homeric hexameter, but it appears to be foreign to your scholarly sensibilities.
All I can say as a layman, I can understand the above rhythm, but it would be beyond my megre talents to write in it, although I can cope with pentameter.
My point being, but for the translation of Greek into English by scholars, we laymen would have no idea of the wonderful world of Greek mythology, and I would certanly feel the poorer for it.
Kindest regards
Bill
Once a beautiful poetic verse comes together & is captured on the page, meter can easily be added later...
Nice poem & subject, btw!
Love the line "blankly ticking on metered clocks" - (reminds me of those police who like to write 3 tickets at once
You've made your point clearly.
I thought art means expression. Fitting expression into a mould is ristrictive. preventing many non learned from braving to express.
nicely put.
I have no problems with free verse of loose verse as long as it has some semblence to poetry...some metaphor or sound qualities.
That's just me...I like to have some fun with the construct. My only problem then lies then if you don't have poetic form, why not call it prose or a blog or a statement. Poetry, however loose the term is a literary art form, and if you write with no semblance of poetic structure...to me that's not poetry.