Iamb, I said, to no one there...

[felis_ultharus]

On a completely other topic, nothing will make a poet feel more like a manic-depressive than writing a piece heavy on the spondees (--) and pyrrhics (//), rather than the nice, safe, boy-next-door that is the iamb (-/) or even that invert, the trochee (/-).

Yes, I'm trying to master metre, in preparation for working on my long-ignored poetry. I know that most respected poets these days turn up their nose at the stuff, but I strongly suspect that's why the literate general public stopped buying current poetry about a hundred years ago.

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[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Narrative is not my favourite. I like the Fairy Queene in spite of its heavy-handedness. If Jack Chick wrote like that, his tracts might actually be readable.

Donne's work is wonderful -- though his "Batter my heart three-personned God" now reads like some really weird YAOI manga. I like some of the Victorians -- the Mme. Rosetti especially.