tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post7558898662015203506..comments2023-06-27T05:30:06.323-07:00Comments on At the Turquoise Table: And the beat goes onClaire Hasselbeckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197514634229618276noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-24269335114367780782011-01-11T05:07:25.497-08:002011-01-11T05:07:25.497-08:00Some jingles are clever and stay in your head,
But...Some jingles are clever and stay in your head,<br />But lack profound ideas it may be said,<br />Your teeth may stay white and cavity free,<br />But your soul will not be moved to ecstasy.Claire Hasselbecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-87858543444672387512011-01-06T02:48:49.680-08:002011-01-06T02:48:49.680-08:00Each form has it's place and it's really a...Each form has it's place and it's really a matter of personal taste. I have a lot of admiration for the writers who can get a clever interplay of words and meter because I can appreciate the skill involved. Does that make me a fan of advertsing jingles?<br /><br />You'll wonder where the yellow went,<br />When you brush with Pepsodent!mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204705864170223645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-45924382174628209602011-01-05T15:50:49.716-08:002011-01-05T15:50:49.716-08:00Nicholson Baker in his book "The Anthologist&...Nicholson Baker in his book "The Anthologist" has the main character and narrator, Paul Chowder posit that iambic pentameter has six feet---five feet and one rest at the end of each line.<br />He has a point---if you don't allow for the rest then you have an "enjambment" i.e.one line running into another. That sounds dry---but<br />this book offers an enjoyable look into Claire Hasselbecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-86174907128507473572011-01-05T10:23:03.816-08:002011-01-05T10:23:03.816-08:00Villanelles are a challenge. Bravo!Villanelles are a challenge. Bravo!Claire Hasselbecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-42378759275252179932011-01-05T09:12:10.873-08:002011-01-05T09:12:10.873-08:00Touche, Claire, beautifully said. I've been d...Touche, Claire, beautifully said. I've been doing some of both, rhythm and rhym in form of villanelles, and a few in free verse of late. Not done much rhyming before and actually found it exhilarating to feel I'd accomplished a decent poem within the contruct...<br /><br />Grace B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com