tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post4513490249493790880..comments2024-03-29T03:03:58.264+05:30Comments on KRG – The Kochi Reading Group: Poetry Session ‒ Jan 11, 2013KRG Convenorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-22733239253690910542013-01-23T22:09:28.141+05:302013-01-23T22:09:28.141+05:30Thank you, Talitha for clarifying that the Amadeus...Thank you, Talitha for clarifying that the Amadeus reference was to a "smackable botty" for prospective wives. And did the student say he would use it as a fundamental criterion for identifying a suitable wife? My, the things teachers pass on to their students ...<br /><br />- JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-59895232700254085652013-01-23T11:41:50.266+05:302013-01-23T11:41:50.266+05:30By the way, Joe, The Amadeus reference was to a &q...By the way, Joe, The Amadeus reference was to a "smackable botty", which one of my students jokingly said he would use as a guide to identifying a suitable wife!<br /><br />- TalithaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-72586117056341877602013-01-23T11:38:46.015+05:302013-01-23T11:38:46.015+05:30Cool tiles, barefoot, rice steeped in emerald gree...Cool tiles, barefoot, rice steeped in emerald green<br />Lat’rite, warm ‘n’ rusty, cold granite with its sheen, <br />Cobwebs, attics musty, ancient creaking stairs,<br />Whispers of spiders in their sinister lairs,<br />Night –rumpled clouds that dawn winds smooth and shake,<br />Stones that skitter light across a laughing lake<br />First rain, scent of earth; leaves that dance in spring<br />Old roots; upward flash - bright kingfisher wing...<br /><br /><br />TalithaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-76919036873592329272013-01-16T17:30:42.589+05:302013-01-16T17:30:42.589+05:30Well, dear KumKum, do one assignment out of the th...Well, dear KumKum, do one assignment out of the three then.<br /><br />The simplest is the first to add 4 items = 4 lines to Rupert Brooke's list of things he loves. You just have to observe he is writing couplets in iambic pentameter, that is each pair of lines is rhymed, and the beat goes<br />da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM <br />(5 beats, each called an iamb consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) as in<br /><br />Un pass | ioned-beau | ty-of | a-great | ma-chine<br /><br />The second syllable of the pair within vertical lines is the accented syllable. So that's iambic pentameter, simple, the most widely used meter in English poetry. But Brooke is not a stickler for preserving the meter unbroken, and indeed few poets are, for it can get monotonous. So they occasionally put the stress on the first syllable of a line, etc.<br /><br />Write four lines, rhymed in pairs, of 10 syllables each, and the heck with the beats, if you can't get them exactly.<br /><br />In any event the major emphasis of Brooke is on originality of images, and joining of adjectives and nouns in unusual combinations, e.g. 'rough, male kiss of blankets.' So that much is enough.<br /><br />- joeKRG Convenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-34309093354805967202013-01-15T14:26:27.079+05:302013-01-15T14:26:27.079+05:30This time the assignment is too difficult for me. ...This time the assignment is too difficult for me. Hence, I lose my "diligent" status.<br />KumKumShiprahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017036285167149367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-6327149087696208522013-01-14T14:43:33.849+05:302013-01-14T14:43:33.849+05:30Joe,
The date in the note on Rupert Brooke has in...Joe, <br />The date in the note on Rupert Brooke has inadvertently gone as 18887. Also Burnt Norton has gone as Vurnt Norton. This is all I could find in the super write up.<br />Priya Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202456960603960234noreply@blogger.com