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Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

Real Live Preacher — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:45:16 -0000

Seems like many great poets will shatter so many rules. What would editors have done with Emily Dickinson, for example? That's the part I've never understood. I suppose if the poet said, this is the meter and rhyme I want and you found that she missed it. Otherwise, what if she wants it kind of bumpy and halting sounding in parts?

Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

dukeslee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:31:19 -0000

Any blogger who uses "vermicious knid" in a post, is a blogger I want to follow.
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Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

John — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:53:20 -0000

Godblogging and meterloving Hill Country Treehouser!

Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

Christa Allan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:52:36 -0000

PA-LEEZE come teach my classes for a week [or any Monday and/or Friday]. My kiddos would be so impressed that I know someone who can write about vermicious knids.

Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

David Rupert — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:08:50 -0000

I don't know anything about poetry, but how about editing this masterpiece:

Marcus was once an editor of note
Then one day he lost his "
And there went his quote

Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

Marcus — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:05:32 -0000

No worries, L.L. Gerard Manley Hopkins (the guy I quoted for the spondee) developed his own style of meter that doesn't count unstressed syllables at all. It's called Sprung Rhythm--and the only syllables that matter are STRESSED.

: )

Re: How to Edit Poetry and Meter

L.L. Barkat — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:26:32 -0000

Of course we want to see the poem!

(I have to admit, once you got to the technical stuff.... 'Stressed' is the word that stood out to me. I guess I like to march to the beat of my own drummer when it comes to writing poetry... trusting myself, my internal sensibilities and rhythmic tendencies long before I trust the reader. And as for meter... well, I don't like working on that either. Just call me the lazy poet. Or perhaps, a poem cheater : )