Comments on: Don’t let the door hit you in the assonance http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138 a quasi-literary weblog Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cup of Chicha http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-315 Cup of Chicha Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:37:22 +0000 /?p=138#comment-315 <strong>please, i don't need more stress</strong> "A sad, shabby truth about me: I can’t tell if poetry scans," CAAF writes. "This presented a bit of a... please, i don’t need more stress
“A sad, shabby truth about me: I can’t tell if poetry scans,” CAAF writes. “This presented a bit of a…

]]> By: Noah Raizman http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-313 Noah Raizman Fri, 23 Jul 2004 03:15:15 +0000 /?p=138#comment-313 What if the only lines you can successfully scan are those composed entirely of iambs? What if "what if" sounds like an iamb to me? I hate this stuff, which is why I always gravitate away from Lowell and Bishop and the like and head straight for Ashbery and Anne Carson and such. Which is perhaps an expression of weakness. Alas, I am weak. Doctor No - www.verticalmattress.com What if the only lines you can successfully scan are those composed entirely of iambs? What if “what if” sounds like an iamb to me? I hate this stuff, which is why I always gravitate away from Lowell and Bishop and the like and head straight for Ashbery and Anne Carson and such. Which is perhaps an expression of weakness. Alas, I am weak.
Doctor No – http://www.verticalmattress.com

]]> By: Collected Miscellany http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-311 Collected Miscellany Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:59:29 +0000 /?p=138#comment-311 <strong>Lit Blogs Versus Politcal Blogs</strong> I finally got around to checking out Chekhov's Mistress (the blog) and discovered that we had covered some of the same ground. In fact I felt like he was speaking my own thoughts here: I started this site (at a... Lit Blogs Versus Politcal Blogs
I finally got around to checking out Chekhov’s Mistress (the blog) and discovered that we had covered some of the same ground. In fact I felt like he was speaking my own thoughts here: I started this site (at a…

]]> By: Lila http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-310 Lila Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:18:04 +0000 /?p=138#comment-310 I suffer the same affliction, though I've had to learn not to mention it among my literary pals lest they look at me like I farted. I'm a fiction writer, and the strange thing is that I'm often compulsive about rhythm in prose. I suffer the same affliction, though I’ve had to learn not to mention it among my literary pals lest they look at me like I farted. I’m a fiction writer, and the strange thing is that I’m often compulsive about rhythm in prose.

]]> By: Kevin Holtsberry http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-307 Kevin Holtsberry Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:47:34 +0000 /?p=138#comment-307 The beauty of it is that I turned my ability to wing it into a job with the state where winging it is an important skill! Since I have no other marketable skills this turned out to be a life saver. The beauty of it is that I turned my ability to wing it into a job with the state where winging it is an important skill! Since I have no other marketable skills this turned out to be a life saver.

]]> By: Justine Larbalestier http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-304 Justine Larbalestier Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:37:41 +0000 /?p=138#comment-304 Scanning no, scamming yes. Can you read music? I always figured the two skills were related. I can't figure out how pomes work and I could never learn to read music, which was a wee bit of a prob when I was studying singing. I tried and tried, and there were moments when I almost could but they never lasted. Scanning no, scamming yes. Can you read music? I always figured the two skills were related. I can’t figure out how pomes work and I could never learn to read music, which was a wee bit of a prob when I was studying singing. I tried and tried, and there were moments when I almost could but they never lasted.

]]> By: CAAF http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-303 CAAF Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:03:21 +0000 /?p=138#comment-303 You know, Jimmy, I never thought of it this way but: I used to work as a cashier at a grocery store and I sucked at scanning there too. My line was always snaking way to the back. Gwenda, yay to fraudulence!!! You know, Jimmy, I never thought of it this way but: I used to work as a cashier at a grocery store and I sucked at scanning there too. My line was always snaking way to the back.

Gwenda, yay to fraudulence!!!

]]> By: Gwenda http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-302 Gwenda Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:00:37 +0000 /?p=138#comment-302 Winging it = yes; scanning = not so much. Winging it = yes; scanning = not so much.

]]> By: Jimmy Beck http://www.tinglealley.com/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-301 Jimmy Beck Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:31:59 +0000 /?p=138#comment-301 I couldn't scan a grocery item... I couldn’t scan a grocery item…

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