Ferrick Gray
(F)ire!
⠀ those angry flames—
⠀⠀⠀ hot(ness)
⠀⠀⠀ burning.
One does not think of such vile things, (tetrameter)
but he(at) is difficult,
hard to avoid. (pentameter?)
Sometimes, the pentameter sounds right, but there is something not quite right. Note the elongation of difficult and a slight unnatural emphasis with hard. But—it can still be classed as iambic pentameter. Perhaps amphibrach, anapest, iamb, iamb. The fun is in how you say it! Thankyou Robert!
Ī wăve
( ¯ ˘ the reversal, ˘ ¯ takes the emphasis away from self)
⠀⠀⠀yōu wăve
⠀⠀⠀( ¯ ˘ )
Īmĭtātiŏn—
( ¯ ˘ | ¯ ˘ )
Thĕ ōnly̆ tīme
( ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ )
⠀⠀⠀Ĭ sēnse mȳsĕlf.
⠀⠀( ˘ ¯ | ¯ ˘ notice that if we have ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ there would be a very different meaning)
Kīllĕr ŏf trēes!
( ¯ ˘ | ˘ ¯)
⠀⠀⠀ Thăt’s whāt thĕy āre.
( ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ also ¯ ˘ | ˘ ¯ reversal is appropriate, but the interpretation is slightly different)
⠀⠀⠀ —thōse hŭ[mān]ĭtārĭāns
( ~ ¯ | ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ clipping the iamb to keep emphasis)
Water is scarce
—reaching it
is difficult.
See(k)ing,
(p)reaching.
⠀⠀ S⠀⠀t⠀⠀r⠀⠀e⠀⠀t⠀⠀c⠀⠀h⠀⠀(⠀i⠀⠀n⠀⠀g⠀)⠀!⠀—
I wave
⠀ you wave
Imitation—
The only time
⠀ I sense myself.
Somewhat
⠀ glorified
⠀ majest(y)ic.
Grēat Stăr!
( ¯ ˘ the alternative ˘ ¯ lacks emotion)
My̆ līfe
( ˘ ¯ )
—Hōw dŏ Ī bŏw dōwn tŏ thēe?
( ~ ¯ | ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ it is possible for ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ | ˘ ˘ ¯ with the anapest)
The Spenserian sonnet is unique in that the quatrains are interlocked by their rime. The rime scheme is given by abab bcbc cdcd ee with the volta always occurring at the final couplet. The sonnet is classified as Italian because it only has five rimes. Spenser’s form was not very popular, but it is very beautiful.