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Anatomy of English Poetry Are you an aspiring poet? If you are, youre welcome to try this exercise. The following quatrain has four feet per line with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable in each foot. So, what type of poetic meter does this quatrain have? The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. The Destruction of Sennacherib By Lord Byron
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:12:15 +0000

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