Hi Glenn.
fort, exhort, import, export, retort, sort, tort, wart, quart, short, torte, deport, and resort
Yowzer! So "tort/torte" but not "taught"? Whither "taut"?
their MOMS / FLUT ter / IN; each clucks / O ver / her CHICK (iamb, trochee, dactyl, trochee, iamb)
by the O / ther team’s WING / er, who BRINGS / HOME the / BA con (anapest, anapest, anapest, trochee, trochee)
I'd been reading the whole thing as, essentially, anapestic tetramater - which is why the 'moms' line keeps throwing me, and I've been reading that 'by' as stressed.
In my view, sportsmanship is the responsibility of all of the participants in the sporting activity—players as well as coaches and spectators.
I wouldn't disagree with your view, but that simply isn't the definition of sportsmanship one would find in a dictionary. How is a reader supposed to know what you intend? Speaking of (and this may be a "not knowing a thing about ice hockey" question) but I'd been reading this
The players slap gloves
as the winning team high-fiving each other. I'm now wondering if I've been wrong and this is both teams essentially shaking hands? If that's the case I think you can get the 'moral' in without shoehorning it. Something along the lines of
The players slap gloves and the victors exult.
To lose, as to win, it can be difficult
to demonstrate sportsmanship, like an adult.
The angry dad can’t help but curse and insult.
RG
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