[New-Poetry] Re: a dead ear for scansion

[Skip Fox]

Scansion (/ u )

 

Scansion for two (/ u u /)

 

Dictionary guide (/ u / u /)

 

I'm not arguing with anything except to say that there is a commonality to
our reading much of the time. (Check the monitor on the tape recorder.)
There IS subjectivity to it, but as I tell students (when they bring up the
issue of subjectivity, often in terms of grading), it is a lot less
subjective than they might imagine. 

 

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[mailto:new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Judy Prince
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hmmmmm.....it might be more like this, with poets and with non-poets, as
given in a birthday card:  Three men are walking on the beach.  One says,
"It's windy today!", the second man responds, "No, it's Thursday!", and the
third says, "So am I!  Let's have a beer!"  Inside the card:  "This
birthday, surround yourself with friends who really understand you!"

 

2008/7/23 Skip Fox <skip at louisiana.edu>:

You're right, we CAN read a line any way we want, but would we? With most
lines 95% of us (used to poetry, not dramatic) would read the same stresses
and unstresses. With maybe 20% of the lines there are legitimate variants.

 

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