05-06-2014, 10:43 AM
(05-06-2014, 10:33 AM)Erthona Wrote: Stressed means accented. If there are 4 accented syllables, but they do not fall into any particular meter, as Abu has delineated, then in English poetry we simply count the accents without regard to how many non-accented syllables there are. This is called accentual verse. In metered verse we count both the accented and non-accented syllables, and they have to be in a consistent order. A sonnet (except for dilettantes and heathens) is generally written in iambic pentameter; a line consisting of five iambs (see Abu's example above of iambs).
Dale
Taking notes; thank you Erthona; this is a lot more complicated than I imagined; and I put considerable time and effort into my brief works disregarding all this structure. I read poetry from our local artsy magazine, live in Woodstock, lots of art, and the poetry seems to have almost no form; i find it choppy and difficult to read, free form everything! Thanks again, can't say it enough; I think you guys are wonderful! Loretta
Taking notes; thank you Erthona; this is a lot more complicated than I imagined; and I put considerable time and effort into my brief works disregarding all this structure. I read poetry from our local artsy magazine, live in Woodstock, lots of art, and the poetry seems to have almost no form; i find it choppy and difficult to read, free form everything! Thanks again, can't say it enough; I think you guys are wonderful! Loretta