[New-Poetry] Scholarly dispute
Rsgwynn1 at cs.com
Rsgwynn1 at cs.com
Mon Nov 15 18:34:52 EST 2010
In a message dated 11/15/2010 4:03:03 PM Central Standard Time,
jlm8047 at louisiana.edu writes:
>
> As for the flagwavers, thank goodness that usually happens in genres I'm
> not passionate enough about to keep up with: but even "Okie from
> Muskogee" has its very creepy moments (or as, was it, Jerry Garcia?,
> said, "C'mon, Merle, lighten up."
I do salute "Okie from Muskogee" as being one of the few country songs in
iambic/trochaic pentameter. Besides, who could get much better than "Boots
are still in style for manly footwear"?
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