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The Fuguist
Jonah hated Mars. He hated everything about it. Every minute he spent there he was plagued by a vague feeling of unrest: Mars was not quite foreign, not quite familiar, an endless mirage or coma dream. Maybe he was dead, and maybe this was purgatory. Sometimes he considered praying at night, asking for forgiveness, just in case, for whatever sin might have banished him there, but then he looked out over the barren, forsaken wasteland and thought his time was much better spent sleeping, or walking.
But he hated how soft the ground was, how little clouds of dust exploded under his soles with every step, and how he could turn around and see his
Literature
Metre Learning Guide
So. Metre.
It has become a dirty word in some poetry circles.
It conjures images of withered, grey-haired men laboriously counting out beats and stresses whilst coughing up phlegm because of all the dust in their cramped and quasi-arcane libraries.
It really isn't all THAT bad, trust me.
So, without getting too 'old-man' technical - What is metre? what is it good for?
And, importantly, how does one use it?
Well, let's see if we can come up with some workable and easily understood answers by the end of this.
#1: What is metre?
Technical Language: The most well known metre, 'Accentual Syllabic Metre' is the rhythmic arrangement of sylla
Literature
The Value of a Second
The Value of a Second
The Hyperectus malmadonus has a life span of 23 seconds.
What? Charlie turned to Eve. She was sitting across the rickety table from him, sipping her coffee slowly. He had been looking out the window, watching the endless stream of people walking by.
The malmadonus, a single-celled animal living in the intestines of the swamp cows of Zavijava IV. They are born, reproduce, and are eaten by their offspring, all within 23 seconds. Eve wound her finger around a long strand of her black hair.
Oh, Charlie replied, his attention al
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A brief, vague and entirely unhelpful prolouge for something I'm working on called, tenatively, 'The Wake of the Burning Man'.
I'll be a series of linked short stories, perhaps akin to something like a serial. Updated when I get the time and/or feel like it.
Action has never been my strong point but things seem to end up there so often. Perhaps I'm secretly some kind of psychotic.
I'll be a series of linked short stories, perhaps akin to something like a serial. Updated when I get the time and/or feel like it.
Action has never been my strong point but things seem to end up there so often. Perhaps I'm secretly some kind of psychotic.
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nice'n. Its a good job overall with some good descriptions to boot.