Poe and THR

[Doggy Daddy]

The gun is a Raven, of course.

 

[LWGN]

True, but that first line has that perfect iambic pentameter ring to it...I'll think about it.

I must be slipping - here I would have sworn it was trochaic octameter.

You absolutely should not change it if you don't like the change.

In the immortal words of busybodies everywhere, I was only trying to help.

 

[neviander]

The gun is a Raven, of course.

Ah, of course

I would have sworn it was trochaic octameter

My English skills are not what they should be

 

[LWGN]

neviander,

Your English skills are fine.

It is WAAAAY more important to be able to write something of value (which you have) than it is to be able to use technical language to describe the meter of a poem.

999 out of a thousand people who read your work won't know or care what the meter you use is called - they'll just know that they like the way it sounds. If you hadn't specifically mentioned iambic pentameter, even I wouldn't have gone back and counted feet until I had a chance to work on my own Raven project, and I am notoriously nitpicky about English.

Thanks for posting your work.