I'm come across this before.

It's called prose with line breaks.

Ethan
likes prose too

Brilliant, Henry! Only an Aussie (all antipodean rednecks, god bless 'em) could have deciphered it. Dipthongs ("me-yun") and other oddities ("gir-rul") account for this.

I've often thought that a good scholarly article could be written on the effect of regional dialect upon meter (not to mention rhyme). Will anyone rise to the bait? Hardy would be a good starting point.

Sam, Henry's version is IP because it is NOT octosyllabic. You can't have it both ways.

Carol

Someone whose given name is "Carol" and lives in the South should immediately know that her name can be pronounced with one syllable or two!

But I said that it "appears to be octosyllabic," that is, if one doesn't count the extra syllables in the dipthongs.

By the way, "appears" is a three-syllable word!

Sam,
If you'd said it was dialect there wouldn't have been a problem. I thought you were doing something more obscure. People here write like that all the time;)
Janet

Thet's Jenit Kinny



[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited June 14, 2006).]

But Janet, dialect is what I hear and what I speak! Yet I've learned, over the years, to conform my speech (and meters) to what is considered "normal" Eng-speech. Stee-yul, I ca-yaint he-yulp but wonder wha-yat other Southerners ha-yuv considered as "proper" may no-yut be proper at aw-yul.

I won't even get into the matter of what rhymes and what don't in "Southron."

Henry, no sarcasm intended! I was amazed at how you nailed it, man.

--CS

Rising to Clay’s challenge to post a “reading”!

mp3 audio



[This message has been edited by Henry Quince (edited June 15, 2006).]

Henry, I for one can't get to the MP3.

Can anyone else?

--CS

nope
Sorry Henry. I'd like to hear it.
Janet