All Comments on 'Doggerel for Dummies'

This is very interesting and very informative. I never realized there was so much to writing rhyming verses. I alwo liked the sample poems you included.

I'll keep your suggestions in mind for when i'm next writing poetry. :)

Now where were you when I was doing Poetry in High School? This was informative and enjoyable as your humor shows through. Now I have something to add to my list of "Dummy" books! :D

I think, when read out loud. Yours were great fun.

This is a great topic (although, considering what you write, I have to admit, I first mistook "Doggerel" as "Dogging"... which would have made an entirely different essay! lol) Good luck in the contest, Box! :)

Selena

The question is whether Lit readers are ready for an article containing the term, iambic heptameter. Whatever the outcome, IMHO, this could become a How-To staple.

Here I am, uni degree and all, fast approaching my dotage, and this is the first time I've truly understood what "iambic" meant.

I'm with starrkers... I finally get it!

This WAS a STITCH and REAL well DONE; i READ it AND had LOTS of FUN. The ONly THING that BOTHers, THOUGH - i'm STILL no GOOD at WRITing PO. etry. I had some leftover iambs. Iambs to the slaughter, so to speak. Iamb truly sorry.

The last rhythm in this fun essay, in which every third syllable is accented, is similar to the poems called double-dactlys. The dactyl part comes from the Greek word for finger, which has three segments. A double-dactyl therefor would have six syllables per phrase. These poems typically include a nonsense phrase like higgledy-piggledy in each verse. If you were perverse, you could write one using words like cocksucker or boxlicker. Enjoy.