Stephen Cramer
stephencramervt.bsky.social
Stephen Cramer
@stephencramervt.bsky.social
Writer of poetry, hot sauce aficionado, & lover of ampersands. Winner of the National Poetry Series, The Louise Bogan Award, & finalist for the Vermont Book Award
Interesting. I never considered a scale of accents before. I just consider the word "nature," and I think: well, the first is definitely accented, so that makes two accented syllables in a row, thus a spondee. But nuance is everything! Such fun stuff.
December 9, 2024 at 4:14 PM
And then this a few lines later: "Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth." I hear a spondee in "stamp wrin..."
December 9, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Just read this in King Lear: "Hear, Nature, hear! dear goddess, hear!" To my ear this starts off with a spondee.
December 9, 2024 at 1:56 PM
...on an accurate depiction of people's lives as they are actually lived--this is a political act." --Philip Levine
December 3, 2024 at 2:47 PM
I agree they're hard to come by. And it really depends on the delivery, but possibly knick knack? Hum drum?
December 1, 2024 at 10:54 PM