21 Feb 2005
A Clever Blank-verse Entry on Your Blog
Excerpt: A blog of insight lost in Shakespeare's time? No, Just a girl with mission failing so, so miserably to write some blank verse for literary purposes. She says, "My apologies to Mr. Shakespeare for the blatant disregard of rhyme!" i...
Weblog: Literary Tease
Tracked: February 20, 2005 06:07 PM
Excerpt: The Tempest was an interesting read, I must admit. (Anything with violent storms and fairies is a worthwhile read, but that is a discussion for a later date!). With similar characters to other Shakespearean plays (ie: dukes and kings) and...
Weblog: Color in a Lurid World
Tracked: February 20, 2005 08:12 PM
Excerpt: My ears are slowly losing their hearing As my teacher takes a crack at singing! He opens wide his mouth to sing a tune, As sounds of slaughter spread across the room! My ears cry out in pain at such...
Weblog: Color in a Lurid World
Tracked: February 20, 2005 08:39 PM
Excerpt: Special You have a smile like no other one It makes the earth move round the burning sun The words from your mouth are always pleasent Lucky I am to have been given such a present When you slouch there...
Weblog: Roamer's Zone
Tracked: March 1, 2005 03:22 PM
Is the Blank verse entry suppose to be based on the Tempest or anything I want to write about?
Posted by: Ashley at February 18, 2005 07:16 PMA couple hours ago, I sent the following message to the J-Web class mailing list:
Just a reminder... in addition to finishing The Tempest, by Monday you should post at least 10 lines of blank verse -- on any topic.
One introduction to blank verse suggests this pattern, to help your ear hear the meter.
Ka-BOOM, ka-BOOM, ka-BOOM, ka-BOOM, ka-BOOM!
http://pages.prodigy.net/delossbrown/introverse.htm
For extra credit, post blank verse comments on your peers' entries.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at February 18, 2005 08:28 PMFor the extra credit, how many lines of blank verse do we have to comment?
Posted by: Vanessa at February 20, 2005 04:40 PMFor the extra credit, how many lines of blank verse do we have to comment?
Posted by: Vanessa at February 20, 2005 04:41 PMIt all depends on what you have to say.
To churn out drivel simply for the points
Would hardly demonstrate your mastery,
Since meter lacking meaning isn't verse.
