Comments on: PD30 Day 9: How to Write in Meter If You Have Two Left Feet http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/ Writing Career Center Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: obakeng bone http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-225579 obakeng bone Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:36:50 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-225579 how do i devide the poem, "shall i compare thee to a summer's day poem by shakespeare in meter and feet? how do i devide the poem, “shall i compare thee to a summer’s day poem by shakespeare in meter and feet?

]]> By: english teacher K http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-221727 english teacher K Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:50:56 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-221727 I see the woman there upon the shore reflecting on the things she cannot see And as I look at her a wee bit more I know this girl who hides from me is me It's easier when a stranger sees your fate Than when you try to find it on your own Your heart can block you from the starting gate and fear can blind the sunshine that once shone Oh lady on the sealine, hear my cry the water is not friendly, it's too high! I see the woman there upon the shore
reflecting on the things she cannot see
And as I look at her a wee bit more
I know this girl who hides from me is me

It’s easier when a stranger sees your fate
Than when you try to find it on your own
Your heart can block you from the starting gate
and fear can blind the sunshine that once shone

Oh lady on the sealine, hear my cry
the water is not friendly, it’s too high!

]]> By: Akhristin http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-220519 Akhristin Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:15:34 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-220519 there is no love like my love the love i speak kindly of there is no peace like my peace the peace i speek of unbiquety there is no fate like my fate the kind of fate relies on faith there is no love like our love the love i have for you is no compitition there is no love like my love
the love i speak kindly of
there is no peace like my peace
the peace i speek of unbiquety
there is no fate like my fate
the kind of fate relies on faith
there is no love like our love
the love i have for you is no compitition

]]> By: John Hewitt http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-219813 John Hewitt Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:09 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-219813 Thank you for the post Ellen. Meter makes for interesting bedfellows. Thank you for the post Ellen. Meter makes for interesting bedfellows.

]]> By: John Hewitt http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-219812 John Hewitt Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:58:11 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-219812 Beat I caught a line a beat a drum Fast heart good heart slow heart drum beat Open fallen taken beaten Beat down holy rolling maker Upbeat dancer singer dreaming Spoken broken don’t it beat all Face me race me catch me beat me Coated noted rock beats scissors Frosted beaten whipped and creamy Stop it now the beat is over Beat

I caught a line a beat a drum
Fast heart good heart slow heart drum beat
Open fallen taken beaten
Beat down holy rolling maker
Upbeat dancer singer dreaming
Spoken broken don’t it beat all
Face me race me catch me beat me
Coated noted rock beats scissors
Frosted beaten whipped and creamy
Stop it now the beat is over

]]> By: Ellen Goldstein http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-219609 Ellen Goldstein Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:36:16 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-219609 Jenn, Another guilty poet secret is that there is more than one way to hear a line of meter and people can spend _hours_ arguing it out . Start small, try a couplet :). Good luck! Jenn,

Another guilty poet secret is that there is more than one way to hear a line of meter and people can spend _hours_ arguing it out . Start small, try a couplet :) . Good luck!

]]> By: Jenn Mercer http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-219572 Jenn Mercer Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:23:51 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-219572 Thank you so much for this post. My guilty poet secret is that I still can't get meter sometimes. However, I have been able to sense it enough to see that it is at the heart of lines that really work. I can second the advice about listening to meter. I have a course this semester on 16th century English literature. I have read a lot of sonnets and I *will* be attempting one - just maybe not tonight ;). Thank you so much for this post. My guilty poet secret is that I still can’t get meter sometimes. However, I have been able to sense it enough to see that it is at the heart of lines that really work. I can second the advice about listening to meter. I have a course this semester on 16th century English literature. I have read a lot of sonnets and I *will* be attempting one – just maybe not tonight ;) .

]]> By: Sheer http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-in-meter-if-you-have-two-left-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-219486 Sheer Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:02:54 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4415#comment-219486 I know, I know, I am terrible at structured form....*ruefully* *********************** How do I doubt thee? How do I doubt thee? Let me count the ways I doubt thee to the depth and breadth and height My thoughts can so think, and feel and wonder For in the hearts of heart lies my weakness I doubt thee to the level of each day Where trust wrestles with doubt, by day and night I doubt thee often, as a pained victim: I doubt thee painfully, in deep torment. I doubt thee with darkness that lines our love With a sinister tinge, and lack of faith With my lost sanity -- I doubt thee so, My mind, my soul, my insecurity! -- And yet, if you were to prove true to me, If I could but trust thee, I shall doubt not -- If but faith and trust came easily Like the doubts that plague me so completely. I know, I know, I am terrible at structured form….*ruefully*

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How do I doubt thee?

How do I doubt thee? Let me count the ways
I doubt thee to the depth and breadth and height
My thoughts can so think, and feel and wonder
For in the hearts of heart lies my weakness
I doubt thee to the level of each day
Where trust wrestles with doubt, by day and night
I doubt thee often, as a pained victim:
I doubt thee painfully, in deep torment.
I doubt thee with darkness that lines our love
With a sinister tinge, and lack of faith
With my lost sanity — I doubt thee so,
My mind, my soul, my insecurity!
– And yet, if you were to prove true to me,
If I could but trust thee, I shall doubt not –

If but faith and trust came easily
Like the doubts that plague me so completely.

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