Scarlett O'Harpy Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 I'm not sure if this little quiz has surfaced at The Pen before, but I thought it might be fun to check out which type of poem your personality (or your character's personality) lends itself to. For those who'd like an extra challenge - your mission is to compose a poem in your designated form. :woot: Scarlett's poetic form was: *drumroll* Ottava rima? Me? That can't be right! Too frivolous? But tut, there's no such thing! Let others ponder thoughts of wrong and right, Or sit and think how much they love the spring; I'd rather spend my time in gleeful spite, Or maybe laugh, or maybe sit and sing. Besides, it might be fun to be inspiring - But surely it would get so very tiring. What Poetry Form Are You?
Ethics Gradient Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 Hehe, that was great! Apparently, this is me: I am the sonnet, never quickly thrilled; Not prone to overstated gushing praise Nor yet to seething rants and anger, filled With overstretched opinions to rephrase; But on the other hand, not fond of fools, And thus, not fond of people, on the whole; And holding to the sound and useful rules, Not those that seek unjustified control. I'm balanced, measured, sensible (at least, I think I am, and usually I'm right); And when more ostentatious types have ceased, I'm still around, and doing, still, alright. In short, I'm calm and rational and stable - Or, well, I am, as much as I am able. What Poetry Form Are You? I hope that I one day can write a sonnet
The Portrait of Zool Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 I'm the limerick, mired in muck. I refuse to be bored or get stuck. I like to offend, But not, in the end, As much as to thwart expectations. What Poetry Form Are You?
The Big Pointy One Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 (edited) Hrm, I better be a haiku, or someone's in trouble. I am, of course, none other than blank verse. I don't know where I'm going, yes, quite right; And when I get there (if I ever do) I might not recognise it. So? Your point? Why should I have a destination set? I'm relatively happy as I am, And wouldn't want to be forever aimed Towards some future path or special goal. It's not to do with laziness, as such. It's just that one the whole I'd rather not Be bothered - so I drift contentedly; An underrated way of life, I find. What Poetry Form Are You? Curses! ...but I think... that...fits...? Eh, yeah, actually, that hits right on the button ^.^ Edited March 18, 2003 by The Big Pointy One
HopperWolf Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 hrm... and I was aiming for sonnet too..... nawwwwwww If they told you I'm mad, then they lied. I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive. I'm the triolet, bursting with pride; If they told you I'm mad, then they lied. No, it isn't obsessive. Now hide All the spoons or I might get convulsive. If they told you I'm mad then they lied. I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive. What Poetry Form Are You? they liiiiieeeeeeeeeed I tell you. LIED!
Yui-chan Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 Truth to tell, this doesn't sound much like me at all. I rather prefered the alternative it gave me, a lai. Does anyone else find it interesting that we've had no repeat types in the thread thus far? I'm terza rima, and I talk and smile. Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away I let mine out, and chatter all the while. I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day Is any day that's spent without a friend, With nothing much to do or hear or say. I like to be with people, and depend On company for being entertained; Which seems a good solution, in the end. What Poetry Form Are You? ~Yui
Vlad Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 I, as a clerihew, Tend to be merry; too Merry, it might, perhaps, by some, be claimed; But I'm sure that these people are wrong, and need to be grievously maimed. What Poetry Form Are You? What is this? I've never heard of it... Although it is kinda funny...
Justin Silverblade Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 (edited) Huh. Like the form, not the poem they used to describe it. Ah well. Triolet was my alternate. PS - Yui, yes... it's very strange. Just goes to show the uh... uniqueness of the Pen I guess. Short, terse, unfriendly, Yet sometimes quite emotive; I am the Haiku. What Poetry Form Are You? Edited March 18, 2003 by Justin Silverblade
Nyyark Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 (edited) I am the tanka. The attention of others Is unnerving, and Since I try not to draw it, I'm left alone. Which is good. What Poetry Form Are You? My alternate was Haiku, how perfect! Great quiz Edited March 18, 2003 by Nyyark
Wyvern Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 Excellent quiz, some very original questions on there... My poetry form is supposedly: I am the sonnet, never quickly thrilled; Not prone to overstated gushing praise Nor yet to seething rants and anger, filled With overstretched opinions to rephrase; But on the other hand, not fond of fools, And thus, not fond of people, on the whole; And holding to the sound and useful rules, Not those that seek unjustified control. I'm balanced, measured, sensible (at least, I think I am, and usually I'm right); And when more ostentatious types have ceased, I'm still around, and doing, still, alright. In short, I'm calm and rational and stable - Or, well, I am, as much as I am able. What Poetry Form Are You? Drat... Oh well... I suppose a repetition was bound to spring up sooner or later...
Blondemoon Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 I am the tanka. The attention of others Is unnerving, and Since I try not to draw it, I'm left alone. Which is good. What Poetry Form Are You? Hmmm... Heh...the fun of these is taking them again, and seeing what else you come up with.
Gwaihir Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 So if I wasn't a terza rima I'd be a sonnet. I'd much rather be a sonnet.
Jakob Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 I'm terza rima, and I talk and smile. Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away I let mine out, and chatter all the while. I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day Is any day that's spent without a friend, With nothing much to do or hear or say. I like to be with people, and depend On company for being entertained; Which seems a good solution, in the end. What Poetry Form Are You? Who'da thunk it.
Lady Celes Crusader Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 It was either that If they told you I'm mad, then they lied. I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive. I'm the triolet, bursting with pride; If they told you I'm mad, then they lied. No, it isn't obsessive. Now hide All the spoons or I might get convulsive. If they told you I'm mad then they lied. I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive. What Poetry Form Are You? Or that I am heroic couplets; most precise And fond of order. Planned and structured. Nice. I know, of course, just what I want; I know, As well, what I will do to make it so. This doesn't mean that I attempt to shun Excitement, entertainment, pleasure, fun; But they must keep their place, like all the rest; They might be good, but ordered life is best. What Poetry Form Are You? I'm nothing like the heroic couplets...
Kasmandre Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 (edited) Ottava rima? Me? That can't be right! Too frivolous? But tut, there's no such thing! Let others ponder thoughts of wrong and right, Or sit and think how much they love the spring; I'd rather spend my time in gleeful spite, Or maybe laugh, or maybe sit and sing. Besides, it might be fun to be inspiring - But surely it would get so very tiring. What Poetry Form Are You? Or my alternate, which seems to fit me at the moment (finals and all...) I know I should be telling you that I'm A rubai - but perhaps some other time. It sounds like work, and anyway, it's late - Unless I sleep, I'll be too tired to rhyme. Besides, there's plates to clear and cups to clink, And when that's done I have to sit and think, Since then it won't be long before I need To sleep again and eat again and drink. What Poetry Form Are You? The first rubai, I feel special... Edited March 18, 2003 by Kasmandre
The Big Pointy One Posted March 18, 2003 Report Posted March 18, 2003 Aha! So perhaps *I* didn't want to be a haiku after all... gwahahaha...
Vincent Silver Posted March 19, 2003 Report Posted March 19, 2003 I am the descort, and thwart, and long for discordant, mordant chaos; See the pretty dissolution, See the ditty pattern briefly then Dissolve away Into a Newer Mode of messy disagreeable (but me-able) Affray, with lovely spite and hating, Fights and hurting, Never abating. (Quite contrary me.) What Poetry Form Are You? OR I am free verse, and know the rules, and use them - when they suit me, which admittedly tends not to be the case. Authority, tradition, laws; very much not my sort of thing, I fear. Perhaps, on occasion, I go too far in the opposite direction, and shun the accepted merely because it's accepted, accepting its opposite merely because it isn't; but since it's clearly better that than being normal; well, why not? What Poetry Form Are You? Free Verse seems to match me..
WrenWind Posted March 19, 2003 Report Posted March 19, 2003 I'm terza rima, and I talk and smile. Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away I let mine out, and chatter all the while. I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day Is any day that's spent without a friend, With nothing much to do or hear or say. I like to be with people, and depend On company for being entertained; Which seems a good solution, in the end. What Poetry Form Are You? or i am I am heroic couplets; most precise And fond of order. Planned and structured. Nice. I know, of course, just what I want; I know, As well, what I will do to make it so. This doesn't mean that I attempt to shun Excitement, entertainment, pleasure, fun; But they must keep their place, like all the rest; They might be good, but ordered life is best. What Poetry Form Are You?
Alaeha Posted March 19, 2003 Report Posted March 19, 2003 I'm either I am, of course, none other than blank verse. I don't know where I'm going, yes, quite right; And when I get there (if I ever do) I might not recognise it. So? Your point? Why should I have a destination set? I'm relatively happy as I am, And wouldn't want to be forever aimed Towards some future path or special goal. It's not to do with laziness, as such. It's just that on the whole I'd rather not Be bothered - so I drift contentedly; An underrated way of life, I find. What Poetry Form Are You? or I'm terza rima, and I talk and smile. Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away I let mine out, and chatter all the while. I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day Is any day that's spent without a friend, With nothing much to do or hear or say. I like to be with people, and depend On company for being entertained; Which seems a good solution, in the end. What Poetry Form Are You? It seems to fit. But it depends on the friends, I suppose. The bit about being unplanned is certainly right. Oh well. I'll know where I'm going when I get there.
Gyrfalcon Posted March 19, 2003 Report Posted March 19, 2003 If they told you I'm mad, then they lied. I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive. I'm the triolet, bursting with pride; If they told you I'm mad, then they lied. No, it isn't obsessive. Now hide All the spoons or I might get convulsive. If they told you I'm mad then they lied. I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive. What Poetry Form Are You? Whoot.
reverie Posted March 19, 2003 Report Posted March 19, 2003 I'm terza rima, and I talk and smile. Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away I let mine out, and chatter all the while. I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day Is any day that's spent without a friend, With nothing much to do or hear or say. I like to be with people, and depend On company for being entertained; Which seems a good solution, in the end. or I am, of course, none other than blank verse. I don't know where I'm going, yes, quite right; And when I get there (if I ever do) I might not recognise it. So? Your point? Why should I have a destination set? I'm relatively happy as I am, And wouldn't want to be forever aimed Towards some future path or special goal. It's not to do with laziness, as such. It's just that on the whole I'd rather not Be bothered - so I drift contentedly; An underrated way of life, I find. rev...
Degenero Angelus Posted March 19, 2003 Report Posted March 19, 2003 I'm the limerick, mired in muck. I refuse to be bored or get stuck. I like to offend, But not, in the end, As much as to thwart expectations. Of course. A bloody limerick. I *hate* writing limericks. *hmph*
Scarlett O'Harpy Posted March 19, 2003 Author Report Posted March 19, 2003 I thought I'd better have a go at writing a poem for my own challenge lol - so here it is: Ottava Rima for Scarlett O'Harpy Ms Scarlett isn’t ethical or chaste, no culture-vulture, brain-box, nor aesthete. Her sensibilities are interlaced with baser drives: to rut, to slay, to eat! Although romantic Cery’s often phased by Harpy’s actions, she withstands the heat. For method shapes this maddening virago - what could Othello be - without Iago?
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