I think the song has a slightly different stress on the refrain than the way you read it... I don't know WHY (Stressed, 2 unstressed, stressed.) Don't think the difference matters though. Thanks for these great videos.
So the song stresses "I" instead of DON'T? That's odd. Admittedly, I only looked at the written rhyme and did not listen to the song, also because things always change when sung. But on paper, I read it iambic ... and also I'm not sure why one would stress the "I" in that line. Hmm...
How much do you think children's authors actually pay attention to this? Trying to nail down the meter for this rhyme feels forced..it seems more whimsical to me or dare I say lax. Atleast that's my intuition about this kind of rhyme book...but I could be wrong about this. It's just not "proper" in the way that my body needs it to be. It just is what it is... somewhere between a rhyme and a lyrical picture poem... BTW, have u ever done one of these about the cat in the hat? That would be my request 🙏🎩
Children's authors who are excellent rhymers pay a LOT of attention to this. You can't be lax about rhyme. Varied meter or metrical variations are very common, and even desirable to keep your text from getting too sing-songy and annoying. As for Cat in the Hat, no -- I am not a fan of Dr. Seuss and actually find his meter wanting in places.
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This is right on for a story I'm writing now. Thank you. And thank you for reminding us of word choice..."every detail counts"
Yup -- every single word has to be THE word. :)
Thank you for sharing such a fun and informative book.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love how this book has lots of vocabulary to learn in the fun and funny in this book.
YES! Penny doesn't shy away from some elevated vocabulary, which I love. :)
I think the song has a slightly different stress on the refrain than the way you read it... I don't know WHY (Stressed, 2 unstressed, stressed.) Don't think the difference matters though. Thanks for these great videos.
So the song stresses "I" instead of DON'T? That's odd. Admittedly, I only looked at the written rhyme and did not listen to the song, also because things always change when sung. But on paper, I read it iambic ... and also I'm not sure why one would stress the "I" in that line. Hmm...
How much do you think children's authors actually pay attention to this?
Trying to nail down the meter for this rhyme feels forced..it seems more whimsical to me or dare I say lax. Atleast that's my intuition about this kind of rhyme book...but I could be wrong about this. It's just not "proper" in the way that my body needs it to be. It just is what it is... somewhere between a rhyme and a lyrical picture poem...
BTW, have u ever done one of these about the cat in the hat? That would be my request 🙏🎩
Children's authors who are excellent rhymers pay a LOT of attention to this. You can't be lax about rhyme. Varied meter or metrical variations are very common, and even desirable to keep your text from getting too sing-songy and annoying. As for Cat in the Hat, no -- I am not a fan of Dr. Seuss and actually find his meter wanting in places.