At dVerse Poets Pub for today’s MTB Critique and Craft prompt we are:
- writing an alternate rhyme poem of at least 3 stanzas
- the rhyme scheme is ABAB; CDCD; EFEF etc
- We are going to borrow the alternate rhyme pairs from a published poem
- in the order they were written
- either a famous poem or one of our own previously published
- do cite the source (or even post with the original in parallel)
I chose “Reveille” by A. E. Housman from my copy of The Great Modern Poets edited by Michael Schmidt. Drag the arrows to switch between the two poems.
Experience Writing 
Neat techie trick with the sliding back and forth between poems.
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Thank you. I had to use screen shots of them, then used the image compare.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Fantastic!! 😍😍😍 I so love the cadence of this one!
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Thank you.
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Aw! Wonderful description of your cat
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Maria this was such a fun twist on the Houseman (a poem I did not know before so thank you for that)
I like how the poet is torn between rising and staying whilst the nocturnal one is ready for bed
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Thank you. I’m very glad you liked it.
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I love the musicality of this. And your cat sounds like a great alarm clock!
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I thought it was a really neat trick, since my window is on a hill and he can hop in right at eye level, until he started coming around Way Too Early. 🥱😀
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Ha! I love your verse, Maria! Wonderfully done.
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Thank you.
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