Spontaneous Prosody
a
projective
metaphysical
glowing
imitation
of
the inmost
soul
this muse
aglow
in
harmony
of
inner
needs
in
a
crisis
of
confidence
a
traditional
original
heart
with
an
individual
talent
in
retrospect
a
theory
on
loving
toward
the
pure
yet
modern
the
romantic
picturesque
beauty
sublime
a beautiful
principle
briefly
sureal
aglow
in
a
future
memoire
PROSODY poetical pronounced present penchant
Let me try to go by pioneering heroes' spirit
That motored their antique tides of phrase,
And treat rapt souls to a mild sublime ode,
Forged to rhyme with old sonneteers' pace.
Now where does a tottering novice start
As he pens such a crystalline work of art,
To honor champs in grave's dark repose,
And regale pupil protégés in equal dose?
Let me like Andrew Marvel swiftly pen
Authentic tropes to the best of my ken;
And as Shakespeare debug tart myths,
That wit eschews meekest wordsmiths.
And deal Wordsworth such fitting due
As meets his laudable classical styles;
And for Sidney weave echoing rhapsodies
That tell masked sagas via metered guiles.
I'll like Robert Frost's swiftly twined twists,
Blame melancholia for path-splitting mists.
My poetry is often personal
But mostly doesn't speak
Of what can be so versatile
Or restrictive... not antique
My 'arud rules through ages strewn:
fa'ulun, fa'ulun, fa'ulun
What do I do during my day?
When I don't write my own?
I make ancient poets say
their rules, hewn in stone
Tafa'il sings such lovely tune:
mutafa'ilun, mustaf'ilun
Every syllable its proper place
Each word a certain rhythm
Wish that life was just as ace
I love a proper system
'Arud, tafa'il, I attune
Fa'ilatun, fa'ilatun, fa'ilatun
***
March 17, 2017
© Darren White
short-long
iamb song,or
long-short trochaic,taut,
spondaic long,with syllables
slow-slow-
mono
di,tri,tetra
penta,hexa,hepta
octa,which choice numbers for my
metre?
dactyl
and anapestic
with syllables three-
this poetry's a stress to far..
for me !
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