Humor Poetry posted September 28, 2023 |
A paean to my favorite meter
An Amphibrach(ish) Sonnet
by Jim Wile
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Note: The poem reads better if you pronounce "poem" with one syllable instead of two.
Technically speaking, an amphibrach is defined as dit-DA-dit with a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables, but if you string a bunch of them together and vary the beginning or ending, you can turn them into a series of dactyls or anapests. No matter how you group them, they all sound pretty much the same when read.
Thanks to SugarRay77 for giving me the name of this meter with her recent poem, September By the Sea, which is a beautiful example of amphibrach meter in a serious poem.
This has always been a favorite of mine and was often used by Dr. Seuss and Bill Peet in their rhyming children's books like Horton Hatches the Egg and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I used it in my poem, Pluto.
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and 2 member cents. Technically speaking, an amphibrach is defined as dit-DA-dit with a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables, but if you string a bunch of them together and vary the beginning or ending, you can turn them into a series of dactyls or anapests. No matter how you group them, they all sound pretty much the same when read.
Thanks to SugarRay77 for giving me the name of this meter with her recent poem, September By the Sea, which is a beautiful example of amphibrach meter in a serious poem.
This has always been a favorite of mine and was often used by Dr. Seuss and Bill Peet in their rhyming children's books like Horton Hatches the Egg and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I used it in my poem, Pluto.
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