tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252707935851440251.post3566763343464063222..comments2023-04-04T10:05:29.791+01:00Comments on Ian Badcoe Poetry: Waxing lyricalIan Badcoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879338128615763148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252707935851440251.post-47462833759741770822015-06-09T12:42:40.142+01:002015-06-09T12:42:40.142+01:00Thanks for sharing this link on Future learn. I...Thanks for sharing this link on Future learn. I'll keep coming back Radianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08128767609842309541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252707935851440251.post-77336112656451881532015-06-08T19:18:08.605+01:002015-06-08T19:18:08.605+01:00I agree with your meaty point, reserving the right...I agree with your meaty point, reserving the right to play a bit!vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252707935851440251.post-42539825834671834732015-06-08T17:43:05.241+01:002015-06-08T17:43:05.241+01:00Yes, possibly I accidentally exaggerated a bit the...Yes, possibly I accidentally exaggerated a bit there. I wasn't meaning to say that the rhyme had to precisely repeat. You can certainly have a beat that is a single beat in one verse, two quavers in the second, a triplet in the third and so on...<br /><br />(I just played Summertime to remind myself and yes, Gershwin does make a big thing of this variation, it is one of the main features of that particular song...)<br /><br />...however the meat of the point I am making is that the pattern of feet in lines has to repeat if each verse is to be fitted to the same musical phases. An individual foot can change from two syllables into three, but the over all pattern of line-lengths (in feet) needs to repeat.<br /><br />(Of course that is for most songs. Every rule is for breaking and wholly non-repetitive songs surely exist, but as with other rules, it's true more often than false...)Ian Badcoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879338128615763148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252707935851440251.post-63653755181330646402015-06-08T16:27:20.413+01:002015-06-08T16:27:20.413+01:00I appreciate this exposition of the differences be...I appreciate this exposition of the differences between poetry and song lyrics, and agree with most of what you say. But I query the fact that songs must have a repeatable rhythm, inasmuch as even a song can accommodate playing with the metre: Look at the lyric of Summertime - http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/george_gershwin/summertime.html Each verse is subtly different. And even in formal poetry eg a sonnet, there is leeway to tweak the metre - even Shakespeare, arch sonneteer, did it!<br />vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.com