A Ballad to Iambics.... (poetic rhythm)

A Ballad to Iambics.... (poetic rhythm)

A Poem by Richard🖌
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Ballad form: composed in iambic tetrameter/trimeter (8/6/8/6 meter), with an abab, cdcd, etc; rhyme scheme.

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        A Ballad to Iambics....
        
            Within your voice a tune is born,
            iambics turn to song …
            through every line, such words adorn
            each note that drifts along.
            
            Melodic strains of ecstasy
            invite sad hearts to dance,
            as every metered beat sets free
            quaint notions of romance.
            
            What is this magic spell so sweet
            soft winds cannot resist …
            by captive tappings of joy's feet,
            life's sadness is dismissed?
            
            Iambics, the bright golden key
            poetic locks befit,
            set loose beshackled mystery
            whence mastered verse is writ.
            
             
            Richard W. Jenkins
                © 20 Feb 2023
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© 2023 Richard🖌


Author's Note

Richard🖌
Illustration courtesy of Pinterest copyright free images.

Please, feel free to offer well-meant constructive critique. ✍🏼

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Its words flow like a gentle stream,
Captivating the reader in a dream.
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A wonderful vocabulary (or at least what I consider a wonderful vocabulary) on this makes it fun to read- and Iambics about Iambics certainly is a nice idea, especially when it has rhymes that make you joyful and written by a noteworthy poet. May you have a nice day, and the world be in your favor

Posted 3 Days Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

3 Days Ago

Good Monday morning, Dow 🍷

Your gracious lines of poetry softly stir a bard's joyf.. read more



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Its words flow like a gentle stream,
Captivating the reader in a dream.
..........
A wonderful vocabulary (or at least what I consider a wonderful vocabulary) on this makes it fun to read- and Iambics about Iambics certainly is a nice idea, especially when it has rhymes that make you joyful and written by a noteworthy poet. May you have a nice day, and the world be in your favor

Posted 3 Days Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

3 Days Ago

Good Monday morning, Dow 🍷

Your gracious lines of poetry softly stir a bard's joyf.. read more
"Iambics, the bright golden key
poetic locks befit,
set loose beshackled mystery
whence mastered verse is writ."

Firstly, this poem is beautiful and reads like a song. The message is awesome too. Iambics are the golden key to writing mastered verses in perfect, rhyme and meter. Its such a fine art and demands such patience, perseverance and a creative pen too. I enjoyed this very inspiring and wonderfully written piece.

Posted 11 Months Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

10 Months Ago

Glory be, Dear Poetess 🌺🐝

How thoughtless of me to have missed your brightly in.. read more
DIVYA

10 Months Ago

It was such a pleasure to read this poem!
You're most welcome, dear Richard.
And your poem masters the use of iambics

Posted 11 Months Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

11 Months Ago

Thank you, Shelley,

For your reading and acknowledgement.

Best to thee.. read more
LOL all around clever Mr. Jenkins! I will be thinking in Iambic for the rest of the night now:/ Master of Structured Poetry and Karate how these two things seem so different and yet they are the same when I think about it:)

Posted 11 Months Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

11 Months Ago

Yes, My Friend,

How very correct you are … like music, well-performed karate and po.. read more
It is true, when you read a poem that is well metered, it creates an atmosphere of joy and pleasantness. It sounds like a lovely song that you can repeat over and over again. Iambic meter does that, especially with the way you wrote this poem. I enjoyed the rhyming alot. Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed the read!

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

1 Year Ago

Ah, Lady Aura,

My long lost protegé … it so very nice to find you've selected one .. read more
This is so good! Especially the idea of tapping our feet in the joy of meter and song. We do it naturally listening to music. I find myself tapping the pen on the page as I write in meter. Would trochaics be the yang of the yin? The complete coin with two sides. Maybe the evil twin that starts hard and short before the phrase can even start. This spoke to me as someone who has attempted to unravel the mystery of iambics. Good poem Richard.

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

1 Year Ago

Thank you, Bill,

For selecting another or my humble pieces to share and review with s.. read more
William Michael Reeves

1 Year Ago

You're killing me!! With things to study. Anapestic dactylic spondaic meter!?!? Discouragement is a .. read more
Richard🖌

11 Months Ago

So kind of you to say, Syr 😌
Oh how I love everything about this newly posted Ballad of yours dearest Richard. The lovely image invites the reader in... and, then the reader is moved to the poetic dance of your charming words.
The flow is like one of my very favourite piano pieces by Peer Gunt, Anitra Song... The mystery in the notes...which compels one to listen. as does your lovely Ballad.
I especially love these words... "Iambics, the bright golden key poetic locks befit,"
Delighted to be one of the first to review your words.
Lisa


Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Lisasview

1 Year Ago

After I wrote Anitra's Song I immediately realised that I had not typed Dance... I probably had song.. read more
Richard🖌

1 Year Ago

I knew what you meant.
Remember, I fluently read Lisa dialect … LOL!
Lisasview

1 Year Ago

Ha ha.. a confused dialect to be sure...Lisa
dear Richard... we will dance to the Thunder as
we wander among the restless clouds... where raindrops
are melodies of Lover's songs that linger in our Repertoire.
Be strong and listen to the Wind. tenderly, Pat

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

1 Year Ago

A hug 'n a smile to thee, sweet Pat 🌼

Such lovely verse you gift always
to .. read more
Patricia Wedel

1 Year Ago

Whoa Sir Knight… breathless moments and butterflies 🦋 whisper sweet nothings. Spring is waking.. read more
How lovely are your written words
that flow in timely beats.
Just as the melodies of birds
with perfect little tweets!

Iambics turned to song indeed! A wonderful reminder on the importance of iambics. Thank you Richard.

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Richard🖌

1 Year Ago

Ahhhh, Dear Susan 🎶

In perfect iambic beat, musicality, and rhymes, your beautiful.. read more
Susan 🦋

1 Year Ago

Oh hush now, I dare not compare!
Nor, ever come so close ...
Your words electrify the .. read more
Richard🖌

1 Year Ago

Most humble, I bow. 😌

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Added on February 20, 2023
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Tags: Poetic Language, Musicality, Rhythm & Beat, Heart of Poetry

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