Let's compose an RHP Chess Poem for 2008 with the title 'The Heartache of Chess'. Though free verse would make exquisite sense, with an eye toward structure I'll give it lift off with a rhyming couplet approximating iambic pentameter. Only one rule: Let's keep it alive and lengthing until Russ is inspired to pen the concluding lines. Deal?
The Heartache of Chess
#1 Learned chess early on from a kind Swedish Uncle, not an aunt.
Helen busily nuanced the kitchen, while Len served en passant.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyFor those of you who are reading this rhyme
Let's compose an RHP Chess Poem for 2008 with the title 'The Heartache of Chess'. Though free verse would make exquisite sense, with an eye toward structure I'll give it lift off with a rhyming couplet approximating iambic pentameter. Only one rule: Let's keep it alive and lengthing until Russ is inspired to pen the concluding lines. Deal?
...[text shortened]... ily nuanced the kitchen, while Len served en passant.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyPushing pawns and struggling to castle?
Let's compose an RHP Chess Poem for 2008 with the title 'The Heartache of Chess'. Though free verse would make exquisite sense, with an eye toward structure I'll give it lift off with a rhyming couplet approximating iambic pentameter. Only one rule: Let's keep it alive and lengthing until Russ is inspired to pen the concluding lines. Deal?
...[text shortened]... ily nuanced the kitchen, while Len served en passant.
#2
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I'd rather be kinky and wear tassels,
Rubber suits and gas masks too,
What I'd give to be in SF zoo.
Oooh Mother.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyUhhh...that's not iambic pentameter. This is iambic pentameter:
Let's compose an RHP Chess Poem for 2008 with the title 'The Heartache of Chess'. Though free verse would make exquisite sense, with an eye toward structure I'll give it lift off with a rhyming couplet approximating iambic pentameter. Only one rule: Let's keep it alive and lengthing until Russ is inspired to pen the concluding lines. Deal?
...[text shortened]... ily nuanced the kitchen, while Len served en passant.
#2
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I learned to play chess from a Swedish aunt,
Now I can castle and move en passant.
But she still beats me at every game;
I think that her teaching must be to blame.
You see? An iambic foot has two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed. A line of iambic pentameter would have 5 iambic feet, or ten syllables.
Originally posted by rwingetthow many feet does a iambic millipede have...smarty😛
Uhhh...that's not iambic pentameter. This is iambic pentameter:
I learned to play chess from a Swedish aunt,
Now I can castle and move en passant.
But she still beats me at every game;
I think that her teaching must be to blame.
You see? An iambic foot has two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed. A line of iambic pentameter would have 5 iambic feet, or ten syllables.
Originally posted by MontyMooseThanks, Steve. Evelyn and I lived in Houston for six glorious years decades ago and often visited your town and, I think it was, neighboring Greene during Octoberfest. Hand over the heart for TX...
Well, if you're in the Frisco zoo watch out for tigers!
One good note about this thread, it will get a lot of the howler monkeys banned when they go one step too far with their dirty limricks.
With respect to this not so brilliant idea of a 2008 RHP Chess Poem, we're less than one day out and already I almost (but not quite) regret initiating the eye of the needle which now fuses this mixed thread. Guess what's on the inside eventually finds its way out. -Bobby
Originally posted by rwingettRex, appreciate your understanding and defense of the integrity of the musical guts of our mother tongue. Please note, though, that a feeble qualifier was inserted in anticipation of just such a purist reply, i.e., "approximating iambic pentameter". Also, would you allow for the presence and lilt of trochees and dactyls and internal rhyme? Best -gb
Uhhh...that's not iambic pentameter. This is iambic pentameter:
I learned to play chess from a Swedish aunt,
Now I can castle and move en passant.
But she still beats me at every game;
I think that her teaching must be to blame.
You see? An iambic foot has two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed. A line of iambic pentameter would have 5 iambic feet, or ten syllables.
Originally posted by epic0002Clever rhyme, Epic. Believe the loneliest word in the English Language (since it appears to be without a companion rhyme) would be... orange. Maybe everybody has overlooked one you might find. -gb
Chess life was good, till Grampy found the forum
with threads like these, I think we'll all die from boredom.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobbyorange and silver have the same number of letters and syllables, neither has a rhymic partner
Clever rhyme, Epic. Believe the loneliest word in the English Language (since it appears to be without a companion rhyme) would be... orange. Maybe everybody has overlooked one you might find. -gb
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI've been there, but I handle pawns, not much them.
Nantucket is well worth the trip... only an hour ferry ride from Hyannis, fantastic fresh seafood, quaint colonial architecture, mopeds, etc.
I'm better at limericks and haiku than I am at iambic pentameter, not that I've tried the latter since college. 😛