Monday, October 20, 2008

(Re)Solving the prepositional dilemma

The most useful resolution I can think of, besides the one I mentioned two weeks ago, is this one:

taTUM taTUM tata TUMTUM taTUM

or wherever you need to put it in the line.

English has so many prepositional phrases ("in a ... " "at the ..." "to a ..." etc.) that this one comes in very handy.

But, this use also has its demands: the poet will need a strong pair of one-syllable words (better known as "adjective" followed by "noun") to fit the TUMTUM that follows.

And that's just one example.

Keep scanning!

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