Poems, Ballads and Thoughts

[Skyblade]

Are you going to post more, Plugg?

[Wylder Treejumper]

Now Plugg, you have much talent in this field
So much that I must complement you on't.
Yet still I can not say I like this style:
'Tis but a matter of a preference,
For I like poetry of ryth'm and rhyme,
Not poetry which lacks all meter to't.
And though still most impressive does it sound,
It's lack of form disturbs my sense of flow
Whene'r I try to read it. Though, 'tis worse
To ever speak your words in meter strict
Like as right now by virtue of my case
I can but speak in iambs: groups of five.

[Skyblade]

That's Wylder's style
He likes Shakespeare; I, haikus
Your poems are great

[Jetthebinturong]

Um isn't it supposed to be
5
7
5
not
4
7
4?

[Skyblade]

I thought mine was 5, 7, 5 Well, I could have not been doing it right. I don't know much about haikus.

[Wylder Treejumper]

Huh?

That is 5-7-5...

That's Wyl-ders sty-le
He likes Shake-speare; I hai-kus
Your po-ems are great

[Jetthebinturong]

Style is not two syllables surely? I realise the last line did have five syllables but I honestly do not see how style is two syllables.

[Wylder Treejumper]

It's pronounced stye-ull.

[Jetthebinturong]

Huh. I just pronounce it as one syllable, like style, no emphasis on the "le" bit

[Wylder Treejumper]

Probably a UK-US pronunciation difference.

[Jetthebinturong]

Probably