Narrative Communal Non-rhyming 4-Foot Iambic Couplets! - ZEFRANK.COM

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 03:51 PM

{NOTE TO NEWCOMERS: BY POPULAR DEMAND, THIS THREAD HAS BEEN UPGRADED SINCE ITS INCEPTION FROM COUPLETS TO QUATRAINS}

We've mastered the trochee, now it's time for the iambs!!

As trochees are two-syllables with the accent on the FIRST, iambs are two-syllables with the accent on the LAST (i.e., TRO-chee / i-AMB).

Four-foot trochaic line:
TUM ta / TUM ta / TUM ta / TUM ta
SMART-y / PANTS you / ARE an/ ID-jit

Four-foot iambic line:
ta TUM / ta TUM / ta TUM / ta TUM
show SMART / -y PANTS / the FARK / -ing DOOR

THREAD INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Each line is FOUR iambs in a row.

2. These are QUATRAINS - FOUR lines complete the poem

3. Communal - One line per person.

4. No rhymes necessary!

5. The KICKER: Each poem MUST BE NARRATIVE! (They must tell a story, not be declarative or idly descriptive.)

EXAMPLE:

UNacceptable - declarative:
If all you do is piss and moan
I cannot help you out one whit.

acceptable - narrative:
I bought a drink and met a guy
who told me I should fark myself.

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When I was young I shaved my cat

Spicy Jack · 06-03-2004, 04:02 PM

When I was young I shaved my cat
whos name was mister smarty pants

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 04:03 PM

A group of monkeys had a cow

Spicy Jack · 06-03-2004, 04:05 PM

A group of monkeys had a cow
and named it mister smarty pants

Spicy Jack · 06-03-2004, 04:06 PM

fine, i'll behave.

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 04:07 PM

LOL!!!

You be careful, Spicy, because my travelogue isn't finished yet.

When Spicy passed a cocktail lounge

Audreyvgs · 06-03-2004, 04:13 PM

When Spicy passed a cocktail lounge
it was the first time in her life

How'd I get involved in this?

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Audreyvgs
When Spicy passed a cocktail lounge
it was the first time in her life

How'd I get involved in this?

I'm glad you did, but doesn't that last one belong in the lying thread??

Audreyvgs · 06-03-2004, 04:18 PM

You said narrative, not accusative?

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Audreyvgs
You said narrative, not accusative?

That's the NEXT thread!!

"Accusative Communal Five-line Blank Verse!"

Spicy Jack · 06-03-2004, 04:27 PM

Have some control mister panties!

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spicy Jack
Have some control mister panties!

Aw, Spicy.

Now you're gonna make me be the police again. The above line belongs in the Trochaic Verse thread!

How about:

When Smartypants lost all control

Audreyvgs · 06-03-2004, 04:37 PM

Spicy Jack · 06-03-2004, 04:38 PM

When Smartypants lost all control
She wacked him hard over the head.

(runs quickly out of thread)

Smartypants · 06-03-2004, 04:41 PM

The cheese was left too long unchilled

06-03-2004, 03:51 PM	#1
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	Narrative Communal Non-rhyming 4-Foot Iambic Quatrains! {NOTE TO NEWCOMERS: BY POPULAR DEMAND, THIS THREAD HAS BEEN UPGRADED SINCE ITS INCEPTION FROM COUPLETS TO QUATRAINS} We've mastered the trochee, now it's time for the iambs!! As trochees are two-syllables with the accent on the FIRST, iambs are two-syllables with the accent on the LAST (i.e., TRO-chee / i-AMB). Four-foot trochaic line: TUM ta / TUM ta / TUM ta / TUM ta SMART-y / PANTS you / ARE an/ ID-jit Four-foot iambic line: ta TUM / ta TUM / ta TUM / ta TUM show SMART / -y PANTS / the FARK / -ing DOOR THREAD INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Each line is FOUR iambs in a row. 2. These are QUATRAINS - FOUR lines complete the poem 3. Communal - One line per person. 4. No rhymes necessary! 5. The KICKER: Each poem MUST BE NARRATIVE! (They must tell a story, not be declarative or idly descriptive.) EXAMPLE: UNacceptable - declarative: If all you do is piss and moan I cannot help you out one whit. acceptable - narrative: I bought a drink and met a guy who told me I should fark myself. --------------------------------------------------- When I was young I shaved my cat __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith Last edited by Smartypants : 06-06-2004 at 02:27 AM.

06-03-2004, 04:03 PM	#3
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	A group of monkeys had a cow __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith

06-03-2004, 04:07 PM	#6
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	LOL!!! You be careful, Spicy, because my travelogue isn't finished yet. When Spicy passed a cocktail lounge __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith Last edited by Smartypants : 06-03-2004 at 04:09 PM.

06-03-2004, 04:41 PM	#15
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	The cheese was left too long unchilled __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith

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06-03-2004, 04:02 PM	#2
Spicy Jack Brains! Brains! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: behind you Posts: 4,535	When I was young I shaved my cat whos name was mister smarty pants

06-03-2004, 04:05 PM	#4
Spicy Jack Brains! Brains! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: behind you Posts: 4,535	A group of monkeys had a cow and named it mister smarty pants

06-03-2004, 04:06 PM	#5
Spicy Jack Brains! Brains! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: behind you Posts: 4,535	fine, i'll behave.

06-03-2004, 04:13 PM	#7
Audreyvgs Blue's Clues Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: on Yur Last Nerve, huh? Posts: 5,412	When Spicy passed a cocktail lounge it was the first time in her life How'd I get involved in this?

06-03-2004, 04:18 PM	#9
Audreyvgs Blue's Clues Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: on Yur Last Nerve, huh? Posts: 5,412	You said narrative, not accusative?

06-03-2004, 04:27 PM	#11
Spicy Jack Brains! Brains! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: behind you Posts: 4,535	Have some control mister panties!

06-03-2004, 04:37 PM	#13
Audreyvgs Blue's Clues Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: on Yur Last Nerve, huh? Posts: 5,412

06-03-2004, 04:38 PM	#14
Spicy Jack Brains! Brains! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: behind you Posts: 4,535	When Smartypants lost all control She wacked him hard over the head. (runs quickly out of thread)