(I also meant the 2nd 'her')
This would make 'of' accented. I'd see the accent more on 'her' or perhaps neither.
are too simpleminded.
We all read things slightly, or significantly, differently, depending on our accents, or simply how we read things, I suppose. I think I get that line as iambic because it fits well with the rest of the poem. English tends to be iambic (or trochaic, depending on what one defines as the first foot of the scan), so I tend to read it that way.
They probably are, at least for any comprehensive scanner. Your proposal has merit, but is probably simplistic, as you say.
I think you just need very clear examples. You obviously can hear the meter well enough to imitate the iambic tetrameter of Frost, which you did very well (again, assuming that's what inspired that last bit of verse). My guess is that it is easier for you to imitate than generate—that you can hear it compared to something that is already in that meter and very strong and uniform, and you can match that sound, but that it is hard for you to hear it in the abstract.
I hope to start on my prototype soon (not the sort of programs I get paid for).They probably are, at least for any comprehensive scanner. Your proposal has merit, but is probably simplistic, as you say.
Take a word like "poem," an example I've used before. Most people in my part of the country (northwestern USA) pronounce this as a single syllable word: as if it was spelled pome. Listening to the pronunciation examples at The Free Online Dictionary suggests that British and American English pronounces the word quite differently—Americans tend to mash the syllables together and the British do not.
Personally, I sometimes do and sometimes don't.
Mash.
As the gentlemen said, you got the iambic part down. I think iambic pentameter lines feel way too long for my taste, but when I have to do them, I will.
Odds are pretty good for 4 or 5 more, actually, but 6 would be stretching it.so, what are the chances I will get 6 more immunities before the challenge is over
Sonnets don't have to be iambic pentameter.
Odds are pretty good for 4 or 5 more, actually, but 6 would be stretching it.
ANd I've got a time-critical project which has to be completed during the period. And not likely to be as good a source for inspirationas a vacation can be ...
I agree with you Annie. I'm tired of centoes and illustrateds and concrete poetry... Doesn't anyone write free verse around an STC or theme anymore?
I've got some initial results here - more work needed. I've been using UYS stanza as a test case (including the 2 'her's in the one line). - hope that's OK. Earliest work done with a few lines of junk. I've found a suitable dictionary (GCIDE 0.46).
Or someone's lust for old men, something like: When Rip Van Winkle first emerged, sleepy-eyed, from the forest, Dorothy was bowled over by a sudden wave of old man lust.
and know you are playing.
