On Saturday 14 June 2008 7:23:10 Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Ben Caplan
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Huh. I was always taught in school that the sestet begins with a trochee.
>
> Well, it could just be that I'm an idiot and can't recognize a trochee
> when I see one. B
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Ben Caplan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > The ninth line of a Shakespearean sonnet begins with a trochee.
>>
>> It does? I just checked several, and all began with an iamb on the
>> ninth line. As does your proposed ninth line:
>
> Huh. I was always taught in sch
On Saturday 14 June 2008 6:15:28 Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Ben Caplan
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >We name it "Bard", and grant it those with wit.
>
> You have the direct and indirect objects reversed.
("grant it (to) those with wit")
How about "We grant
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Ben Caplan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We name it "Bard", and grant it those with wit.
You have the direct and indirect objects reversed.
> The ninth line of a Shakespearean sonnet begins with a trochee.
It does? I just checked several, and all bega
There once was a man from Agora
who replied not to the public fora.
His votes were submitted,
but his say was omitted,
though his ballots were cast in plethora.
Can I be a Bard now?
avpx
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Ben Caplan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This came up a little while ago, th
This came up a little while ago, thought I'd take a shot.
(b) A Patent Title herein is ordained:
We name it "Bard", and grant it those with wit.
In order for the Title to be gained,
A level of Support must call for it.
Three players to a fourth
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Ian Kelly wrote:
> I
> very much doubt that it ever would have passed had it not been a
> Takeover proposal.
Hm. I'll bet takeover proposals would work better than before based
on the current group of players. Those were (or had the potential for)
fun. -G.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Line 11 scans ok but I think the multiple "to"s make the syntax a bit
> odd. It's like a split infinitive that decided to unsplit halfway
> through.
Huh, I never noticed that before.
Writing rules in verse (and doing
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Goethe wrote:
>> > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
>> >> While we're on the subject, is it just me, or is the scansion of
>> >> R1922(b) subtly but maddening off?
>> >
>
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Goethe wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> >> While we're on the subject, is it just me, or is the scansion of
> >> R1922(b) subtly but maddening off?
> >
> > Any particular place? I took a long ti
Goethe wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
>> While we're on the subject, is it just me, or is the scansion of
>> R1922(b) subtly but maddening off?
>
> Any particular place? I took a long time over those iambs.
Line 10 does require reading "Player" with one syllable.
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> While we're on the subject, is it just me, or is the scansion of
> R1922(b) subtly but maddening off?
Any particular place? I took a long time over those iambs.
-G. the Bard
While we're on the subject, is it just me, or is the scansion of
R1922(b) subtly but maddening off?
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