ENGB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tetrameter
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4x4 template (4 lines of 4 beats each) If one line has only 3 lines, it will be the 4th line (4-4-4-3) If two lines have 3 beats, they will be the 2nd and 4th lines (4-3-4-3) The 2nd and 4th lines rhyme: abcb: sometimes there is more rhyme: abab. The poem is about calm and patient waiting: does not force the pace, does not exercise will but relaxes. Associated with exploring the interior: private thoughts and emotions. Sounds instantly like poetry: echoes of shakespeare *finish* The slow movement seems, somehow, to say much more. Along deserted lanes and where the rivers flow o b o b o b o b o b o b. If you go faster than time, then time slows down. If you take it easy, then you drag down time. Tradition: carpe diem goes back to classical latin poetry. Eternity: art survives the artist (ars longa vita brevis)
