Scott, thank you for your contribution. I like your idea of the peak within a phrase. There is a difficulty with the descriptive language we use to describe these things, and I am searching for new tools like this to help understand how it works.
But perhaps I will never understand it.
I do agree that "The Listeners" is rather messy in places, giving too much scope for ambiguity in meter.
Janet!
I just saw your poem. It is very good!
Now, tell us - from the horse's mouth - what is your scansion?
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Mark Allinson
[This message has been edited by Mark Allinson (edited August 21, 2005).]
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