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(for
3/22 Tea Time) Why I post in Shakespearean sonnets PART
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My case for posting in rhetorical
verse. (Part II) [I rest my
case<g>]
Posted by: forensicpopouri - Mar 22, 2002, 4:35
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CONTINUED FROM PART
1
(3) AND NOW FOR REASON
THREE TO WRITE IN VERSE --
it says
you've taken time and care to speak.
To
make it fit iambic, you rehearse
the
possibilities, and then you seek . . .
. . . the best among your options to
express.
Which leads to REASON FOUR: and
that's surprise.
You may discover
that you must confess
the point you thought
you'd make was in disguise.
A "silly
rhyme" can force you to new views --
to
thoughts you'd never have without "the
rules."
Ironic'ly the freedom that you
lose
is amplified, returned. So it's not
fools . . .
. . . who would make
sonnet-arguments.
(So make slams of
folks' "poetry" past tense.)
(4) THIS
IS A SONNET SEQUENCE. Sonnet 4
shall
be the peroration of my case.
As
should be clear by now, I could write more
--
but then somebody'd smack me in the
face.
I smile at that,
but that is what this is.
I slap
the status quo upside the head.
I
answer questions for which there's no
quiz.
I ask why it is that we feel so
wed . . .
. . . to tiny-type, prose
paragraphs on screen.
Like passing
notes in high school typing class.
Come
on! Dress up our words like
Halloween!
Or must we stay the
same as Latin mass?
So last: "I
mock you with my monkey pants."
Don't
stand there scowling -- get out here . . . and
dance!.
you
speak
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Responses
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no higher honor would I seek than your
response in verse
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Mar 22, 2002, 6:28
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and the moments of
your life's attention
made self-evident by your
care.
I.E., Bless you British heart. <sincere
smile>
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A
weak reply to your glorious words, well a cat may look
at a king...
| Posted by:
skull_uk - Mar 22, 2002, 5:46
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Tho' a sonnet's not my
scene,
(The skill's beyond my humble brain),
I
'knowledge your superior poet's gene
-Your talent's
displayed in each refrain.
You shine your light on
our discourse
Of all things in the
Buffyverse,
Setting to work our feeble minds
to
seek out views of other kinds.
From old 'uns like me
to those of teen
A new way for us to vent our
spleen.
A poor attempt at a reply
But I was
impressed enough to try.
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