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This post has already gone up twice; but, as it's the one on which I worked hardest, and as this blog is always gaining and losing adh... -
Just a brief post as I'm running round the country giving talks (Booka Books in Oswestry tonight). I met a German-speaking lady in Edin...
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Because of all the attention this post is getting, I ought to point out that I was not intending to disclose some outrageous Orwellian con...
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I've been staying in the flat of an American friend and found amongst his books an American-English dictionary . It is a slim volume, a... -
A poop-noddy is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as: Sexual intercourse (rare) I don't know about you, dear reader, but I... -
Here is the updated list of the fifty most quoted lines of poetry on the internet, including all the readers' suggestions. We started ... -
If I wish to do an impression of a Chinese chap, I will not allow myself to be hampered by the fact that I don't speak a word of Mandar... -
Pluto was the god of the underworld. He was also the god of wealth. That is why we have plutocracy (government by the wealthy), plutocrats ... -
Back when I was writing The Horologicon , there was one word that I desperately wanted to include. But I couldn't because I didn't ...
For my money, Mark, your delivery is just fine. Plain, straightforward, no histrionics or handwaving or silly mannerisms.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the entertaining and instructive video.
Oh Inky Fool you've got it right again, From English verse you've taken all the strain.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to make this. Encouraged me to give it a go:
ReplyDeleteCall now this day a long hard fight
Lay down to rest, Surrendered Light
I’m not sure I got it right?
That's an absolutely perfect iambic tetrameter, which is great. Pentameter is ten syllables with five stresses. Yours is eight syllables with four. You've certainly got the principle, though.
DeleteI may have found a new hobby here. Thanks for the feedback and clarification.
DeleteNight throw shadows over sleepless eye now
For morning comes too swift with beams that blind
Looking forward to wrangling with words as I progress through your videos. I just picked your book Elements of Eloquence for a seminar. Thanks for putting pen to paper!