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GIYAZZ:
I could learn some techniques to improve my Rap lyrics as well. Ryt?

Yup. I'm thinking about dedicating a class to rap and its connection to poetry.

youngcrysta:
thankz... will try to make it longer

Here are some words to help.

flowing, ebbing, running, lapping, dripping, soothing, relaxing, blissful, whooshing, pounding, peaceful, dancing, pitter-patter, splashing, and my favorite... There a song called "Geronimo" it talks about walking through the "curtains of a waterfall". Awesome lyric!

GIYAZZ:
Texanomaly this is cool

Thanks. Everest and I enjoy helping poets improve. We are learning ourselves, as we do research for our classes.

harlos:
Inspired by Texanomaly's
RIDWAN

R-unning and weaving my hands high,
I-npudently she keep rejecting my sign
D-isregarding that i made a call out
W-ithout hesitation she swerve to the right
A-nd into a cab she hopped in, left and
N-ever looked back to say Good night.

Response to Ridwan


TEXANOMALY

T-ake that back,

E-very word.

X-out all those lines

A-nd amend what you have penned.

N-ever would I knowingly

O-bliterate my good

M-ate.

A-fter all this time,

L-et me emphatically say that

Y-ou, I would never tune out.

^^^

Should we stay here in class or go to the chat thread?

Mynd44:
I am not a good guy. Good guys get nothing except fix the girl for the jerks to make them fall in love.

Awwww...cry me a river.

One day your princess will come dear.

Mynd44:
She is cute. I will write her an undark poem when I learn how to

Hahahahaha

Mynd44 wants to see your eyes ninakurtz. Write him a sonnet about it.


Don't let him fool you. He's one of the "good guys".

Mynd44:
Link to the eyes please

Here you go...

Ghostlady:
Thanks for tonight's class teachers,you are appreciated....
I guess we are writing a sonnet as our assignment?

Yes. Can't wait to read yours. You've got a nice collection going. Nice taste in poets to showcase too.



I do wish you would change the tittle of your poetry collection though. "Random Ramblings" is the name of mine.

@ninakurtz

Just checked your profile. Pretty eyes. Welcome. Thanks for coming.

Thanks youngcrysta.

I hope everyone will try writing a sonnet. I will too.

Poetry meter - keep reading and writing.


Now that you know more about "meter" try writing your own sonnet in iambic pentameter.


How To Write A Sonnet
Sonnet writing is easy when you understand what a sonnet is.
There are various types of sonnets, but I’m not going to talk about them and all their variations.
Instead, lets focus on the five things that most sonnets have in common:

1. They are written in iambic pentameter.
2. They are fourteen lines long.
3. They have a set rhyme scheme.
4. They have a turn or “volta.”
5. They all bear the name “sonnet.”
As an example, we will consider the sonnet “Death of a Sonnet writer” by Scott Ennis

He turned the fourteenth glass and said, “Begin.”
and I had fourteen minutes left to live;
and I had fourteen unrepented sins,
and fourteen people whom I would forgive,
and fourteen unread books upon my shelf,
and fourteen loves I knew I’d loved in vain,
and fourteen dreams I’d kept within myself
(the fourteen I’d most wanted to explain.)
But fourteen minutes quickly passed away.
I filled my pen with fourteen drops of ink-
the fourteenth glass had offered one delay;
and fourteen final grains retained the brink.
This sonnet flowed like fourteen final breaths-
the fourteenth line, the fourteenth grain, then death.

Everest and I have so enjoyed preparing and teaching these classes. As always we appreciate your being here with us.


Okay...Let's write!!

[b]Poetry meter - counting the feet


When we think about the meter of poem, in addition to looking at the kind of foot, we count the number of feet in each line.

If there's one foot per line, it's monometer. Poetry written in monometer is very rare.

If there are are two feet per line, it's called dimeter.

Here's a sentence in trochaic dimeter:
"Eat your dinner."
BAH-bah (1) BAH-bah (2).

Three feet per line = trimeter.
Here's a sentence in iambic trimeter:
"I eat the bread and cheese."
Bah-BAH (1) bah-BAH (2) bah-BAH (3).

Four feet per line = tetrameter.
Here's a sentence in trochaic tetrameter:
"Father ordered extra pizza."
BAH-bah (1) BAh-bah (2) BAH-bah (3) BAh-bah (4).

Five feet per line = pentameter.
Here's a sentence in iambic pentameter:
"I'll toast the bread and melt a piece of cheese."
Bah-BAH (1) bah-BAH (2) bah-BAH (3) bah-BAH (4) bah-BAH (5).

Six feet per line = hexameter or Alexandrine.
A sentence in iambic hexameter:
"I'll toast the bread and melt a piece of cheese, okay?"
Bah-BAH (1) bah-BAH (2) bah-BAH (3) bah-BAH (4) bah-BAH (5) bah-BAH (6).

Seven feet per line = heptameter.

You get the idea...[/b]

Poetry Meter

This class explains what poetry meter is... and why you should care.




I'll apologize now...network is slow this end tonight.

EverestdeBliu:
Walks into the class, gives a quick glance @ the faces staring and waves...how're you today...hope u all came with my xmas chicken?

*Rushes in*

"Don't start eating till I'm at the table."

*Looks around at the faces*

"Oh...I thought is was call to dinner."



Since we're all here, I guess we can begin class.

*Looks for Everest at the front of the room.*

Mynd44:
I don't know what you are talking about.

I am here to learn

Welcome Sire. Glad to have your distinguished presence.