[Ethan Anderson]

I'm come across this before.

It's called prose with line breaks.

Ethan
likes prose too

[R. S. Gwynn]

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.

[Carol Taylor]

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

Carol

[R. S. Gwynn]

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!

[Janet Kenny]

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



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[R. S. Gwynn]

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."

[Clay Stockton]

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

--CS

[Henry Quince]

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

mp3 audio



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[Clay Stockton]

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

Can anyone else?

--CS

[Janet Kenny]

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