02-12-2015, 09:06 AM
(02-11-2015, 03:39 AM)kingsosa Wrote: Before i give my feedback i must say that i have never read a poem like that before. excellent use of vocabulary and imagery i really felt the energy of this poem while i was reading it. If i were to give critique i would suggest using more familiar words, not everyone knows what a "warteous Dactyl" is but then again you shouldnt water down your work for anyone.All of those fancy words are technical terms for types of meter. "Ictus" is a Latin word used to describe a stroke or beat in metered verse. A Dactyl is 'a trisyllabic foot whose sequence is accented-unaccented-unaccented.' All the lines have meter that matches the terms. Thus: "Totally ugly, a Warteous Dactyl walks" is in dactylic meter, and "Right beside the Spiky Trochee," is in trochaic meter, and so on and so on.