In the Palm of Your Hand by Steve Kowit
Author:Steve Kowit
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
A poor working stiff named McGuire ˘ / ˘˘/ ˘˘/
consigned to the Stygian Fire ˘ / ˘˘/ ˘˘/
sent a fax to the Devil: ˘˘ / ˘˘/ ˘
Are you on the level? ˘ / ˘˘/ ˘
This is not where I’d planned to retire. ˘˘ / ˘˘/ ˘˘/
Note that lines three and four end with an extra, unaccented syllable. This addition of an extra unaccented syllable to any traditional metrical foot (in this case it’s an anapest with an extra unstressed syllable ˘ ˘ / ˘) is called a hypermetric or hypercatalexic foot, though a metrical foot of this configuration (˘ ˘ / ˘) can also be called a third paeonic. You will be relieved to know that these three technical terms are rarely used and should be memorized only if you want to impress your friends! On the other hand, the terms iambic and anapest are important, commonly used terms in metrical composition and discussions.
Here’s a limerick that comments cleverly on one of our perennial controversies—and on man’s incorrigible arrogance:
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