The wondrous blog of blank and pithy verse

Being a place to write unrhymed iambics, and ramble on and on with metric feet.

Good Books on Metrical Poetry

  • The Ode Less Travelled -- Stephen Fry
  • The Poetry Dictionary -- John Drury
  • Meter and Meaning -- Carper and Attridge
  • Writing Metrical Poetry -- William Baer
  • The Book of Forms -- Turco
  • Rhyme's Reason -- John Hollander

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Scansion of "Need a nap"


It's lunchtime, drowsy, sitting quietly here.
o B o B o B o B-o- B
A warm burrito's drained my brain away,
o B o B o B o B o B
digestion slowing thought and busy work.
o B o B o B o B o B
Posted by David W. Craig at 10:12 AM
Labels: iambic pentameter burritos scansion

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