Timothy Steele on Meter

[abu nuwas]

The trouble for me is I still don't know what a trochee is or an iamb.  I have read dozens of comments about them but it goes in one eye and comes out the other. 
I did study music theory, the cycle of fifths, keys, scales and intervals.  I worked with an opera singer once who said perfect pitch is, in opera, the ability to sing a song you have never heard simply by reading the notes.  It is fascinating and amazing.
I did look at a poem of mine and realized it employed Hopkins' sprung rhythm so that's something I have learnt.

cheers

Ross

Hi!   If you have problems remembering all this stuff, maybe my old thread from many years ago will help? There is one comment in particular which will ensure you never forget. 
http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-14467.html

Pip-pip!
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