Bīrth
(Scansion)
Bī(eā)rth. gīves. mē. līfe!
( ~ ¯ | ~ ¯ | ~ ¯ | ~ ¯ or ¯ ˘ | ˘ ¯ preferable. The clipping of iambs can serve their purpose, and is made more obvious by the periods. It may also serve as a sentence. The alternative is preferable than four exclamatory words.)
sūstĕnănce
( ¯ ˘ ˘ the dactyl gives a feeling/mood in its singularity)
—dāmp(?) ŏr moīst(?)
( ~ ¯ | ˘ ¯ )
—līfe-gīvĭng
( ~ ¯ | ¯ ˘ )
Strūgglĭng fŏr thăt bre(āth)ēze
( ¯ ˘ | ˘ ˘ ¯ either breath or breeze)
bŭt īt wĭll cōme
( ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ )
Ī căn sēnse ĭt
( ~ ¯ | ˘ ¯ ˘ there is some meaning to ¯ ˘ | ¯ ˘ depending on the speed of reading the end)
—sūre(lĕa)!
( ¯ ˘ or ~ ¯ clipped iamb if omitting lĕa. lea is being used as a substitution for -ly and also as an area of grassy land)
Ĭ wīsh
( ˘ ¯ )
tŏ s t r ē t c h
( ˘ ¯ )
mĭ ārms. (mi as in my)
( ˘ ¯ or ~ ¯ ˘ )
From the Spanish, third note of the major scale although sounded as [me].
Thĕ skȳ!
( ˘ ¯ )
—āh!
( ~ ¯ clipping the iamb)
Thĕ YĀWP!(Walt)
( ˘ ¯ )
The barbaric yawp. “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” From Walt’s Song of Myself.
Vīctŏriĕs ăre mīne!
( ¯ ˘ ˘ | ˘ ¯ )
Ĭ līve
( ˘ ¯ )
thĕrefōre
( ˘ ¯ or ¯ ˘ either has effect, but the iamb would give consistency in rhythm for the last line. One could take them all as trochee, but there is something sinister about the result.)
Ĭ ām!(not René)
( ˘ ¯ )