Welcome to Discuss Everything Forums...

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.


 

Tags for this Thread

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 4 of 4
  1. #1
    H N's Avatar
    Newbie - NLP

    Status
    Offline
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Posts
    1
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0

    What is the meter of the poem "Here" by Philip Larkin?

    For example: Iamb, Trochee, Anapest, Dactyl, Spondee or Pyrrhic?

    Thanks so much!
    Here

    Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows
    And traffic all night north; swerving through fields
    Too thin and thistled to be called meadows,
    And now and then a harsh-named halt, that shields
    Workmen at dawn; swerving to solitude
    Of skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares and pheasants,
    And the widening river's slow presence,
    The piled gold clouds, the shining gull-marked mud,

    Gathers to the surprise of a large town:
    Here domes and statues, spires and cranes cluster
    Beside grain-scattered streets, barge-crowded water,
    And residents from raw estates, brought down
    The dead straight miles by stealing flat-faced trolleys,
    Push through plate-glass swing doors to their desires -
    Cheap suits, red kitchen-ware, sharp shoes, iced lollies,
    Electric mixers, toasters, washers, driers -

    A cut-price crowd, urban yet simple, dwelling
    Where only salesmen and relations come
    Within a terminate and fishy-smelling
    Pastoral of ships up streets, the slave museum,
    Tattoo-shops,

  2. #2
    neonman's Avatar
    Probation Member

    Status
    Offline
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Posts
    46
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    /././././/.
    ./..///.//
    ././././/.
    ./././././
    /..//.././
    ././..//./.
    .././/././
    ./././././

    the meter is not perfect but the first stanza seems to contain more iambic. Lines 4 and 8 reads to me as strictly iambic. (dah DAH)

  3. #3
    neonman's Avatar
    Probation Member

    Status
    Offline
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Posts
    46
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    /././././/.
    ./..///.//
    ././././/.
    ./././././
    /..//.././
    ././..//./.
    .././/././
    ./././././

    the meter is not perfect but the first stanza seems to contain more iambic. Lines 4 and 8 reads to me as strictly iambic. (dah DAH)

  4. #4
    's Avatar
    Senior Member

    Status
    Offline
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Posts
    184
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    Was it too much of an effort to copy and paste it?

 

 

Quick Reply Quick Reply

Click here to log in


What is the sum of 36 and 12

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may post new threads
  • You may post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •