The dactylic hexameter thread

[puddingkip]

Haiku's are for losers. Real poetry is written like this

 

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[Baloo]

I have never heard of this poetry style before. What am I doing?

[Vegan T-Rex]

heres my poem

 

science science science science science

atoms make everything

hexameter is probably a form of measurement

 

3beautiful5me

[Pyroman]

roses are red

violets are blue

the hell is a dactylic hexameter

dunno, do you?

[Wesley]

roses are red

violets are blue

the hell is a dactylic hexameter

dunno, do you?

wikipedia does.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylic_hexameter

[puddingkip]

I have never heard of this poetry style before. What am I doing?

heres my poem

 

science science science science science

atoms make everything

hexameter is probably a form of measurement

 

3beautiful5me

roses are red

violets are blue

the hell is a dactylic hexameter

dunno, do you?

Did you guys ever hear of Homerus? Or Ovid? Or Livy? Or Pliny? Or (almost) any Roman or Greek poet? It was the most used style up to the 18th century. 

 

wikipedia does.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylic_hexameter

Thanks

[Baloo]

Did you guys ever hear of Homerus? Or Ovid? Or Livy? Or Pliny? Or (almost) any Roman or Greek poet? It was the most used style up to the 18th century.

Mine was actually 18 syllables long. I spent the time to look up what it was beforehand.