Vlad Posted April 14, 2003 Report Posted April 14, 2003 I was borne of the far black basalt tomb, From where I erupted through the slight mists. Gliding across waves with shadows hidden. Lost in my though and completely unarmed, To the streaks of my life and odd perils, Death following high on the heels of all- When I dodge like a master of the arts, Through distant lands I may have seen in time. Ahhh... In that the true mystery shall lie, For I have seen only with a naked eye, Nearer draws the curtain under which I, Will tell the tale by which we die.
Archaneus Posted April 14, 2003 Report Posted April 14, 2003 Hehehe... nice job. (Ignore my mad cackling) and yes, blank verse is fun.
Alaeha Posted April 15, 2003 Report Posted April 15, 2003 Great poem... but isn't blank verse Iambic Pentameter? This seems to me to read more as if it were a combination of Iambs and Anapests. I tried reading a couple of lines as Iambs and the stress got all screwed up. But that's ok. Anapests are even more fun than blank verse. And if you can do Dactyls, those are fun too. Homer wrote his epics in Dactylic Hexameter, after all, so they must have something that makes them interesting. (Wow, that was random...)
Vlad Posted April 15, 2003 Author Report Posted April 15, 2003 it's supposed to be, but I bend the rules a little...
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