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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:59:55 +0000 (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.
Dewick) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Edwards) writes:
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>>Even Shakespeare wrote blank verse, but verse that doesn't scan?
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>Care to explain what this means please?
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>Craig.
The extract does not have the rhythm required of poetry. It is the
only thing required: rhyme is not required. Blank verse is verse that
does not rhyme. See the opening to the Agamemnon on my Website for an
example.
******Martin Edwards.******
Come on! Nobody's going to ride that lousy freeway
when they can take the Red Car for a nickel.
Eddy Valiant.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/1955/
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