Exercise 1: Iambic Pentameters
Anaesthetised and numb by winds of cold
The chill and arctic temperatures you feel
When stepping out the door of oozing warmth
Exercise 2: Trochaic Tetrameters
Living in a winter wonder
Snow fights, laughter, cosy fire
Christmas time brings loads of presents
Exercise 3: Dactylic Trimeters
When it is winter I’m guaranteed joy
Sat by the window and watching them play
Exercise 4: Anapestic Dimeters
All the rain that it brings
All the snow and the ice
It’s so horrid and grim
Exercise 5:Quatrain; abab; iambic pentameters
A lot of people cry when summers gone
And moan and groan when winter shows its face.
So all day long they have the heating on.
In my opinion, I think winter’s ace.
Exercise 6: Quatrain; abab; anapestic tetrameter/anapestic trimeter/anapestic tetrameter/anapestic trimeter.
When I look out my window the blanket of white,
Seems to cover the street in full bloom.
I feel amazed and in awe and admire this sight
Nice work shiningstar. ^^
ReplyDeleteYou've picked such a broad subject but still managed to keep it original.
Favourite phrase;
I think winter's ace.
I totally agree.
Despite the lack of snow. XD
Keep it up!
I hate Winter!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a summer girl.But I love snow just hate the cold.
Exercise 1 = perfect in every respect (although it might be stretching things to make temperature 3 rather than 4 syllables)
ReplyDeleteExercise 2 = excellent again - although, again, "fire" is perhaps stretched at two syllables (try "fireside"?)
Exercise 3 = spot on - apart from the random extra stressed 10th syllable at the end of each line...
Exercise 4 = perfect
Exercise 5 = brilliant!
Exercise 6 = Lines 1,2 and 4 = perfect, but Line 3 is rather awry, stressing some strange syllables...
Perhaps one of the very best attempts at Task 17 - well done! Still a few things to work on for Task 18, unless you choose a totally different theme and start from scratch? Your call entirely... :)