Metric Mnemonic


from the ABC set

I amb da-dum and can’t but see
a trochee should amount to three:
but it only goes dum-da, and don’t
you even think it won’t.

Dum-da-da is just a dactyl:
it’s so surreal the very fact’ll
make you think the size that’s best is
the da-da-dum that anapaest is.

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Comments

russiandoll | November 25, 2009 - 13:01

LOL ;)

Thanks for pointing me at this... will definitely look out for the book.