Message Forum: Re: It's bad, but it could be verse.

Re: It's bad, but it could be verse.

Posted By: Mike, the penny-stamp man, on host 63.78.125.197
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 06:59:33
In Reply To: Re: It's bad, but it could be verse. posted by Fuzzpilz on Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 09:17:58:

> Homer never rhymed. Not even his translators did, as far as I'm aware. The rhyme at the end of a line is, AFAICG, a relatively recent invention. I can't think where its roots may be: the Romans and the Greek only used metric verse, and the various Germanic peoples stuck to alliterative verse, as did, I think, the Finnish. I've never heard nor read any Celtic poetry, maybe that's where it comes from. Or it just started coming up sometime about the end of the Roman empire, or something. That would be a good excuse for it spreading around Europe.

Don't know much 'bout its hist'ry,
Gaelic verse's a myst'ry;
Although English translations i've read,
Real transcription could screw up one's head;
For i'm told many syllables flow forth in their
songs
Which just sound cool but don't really mean anything.

Penny*king of T3H VV0RT5 P03T5 3\/4R*stamp

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Message:	> > Homer never rhymed. Not even his translators did, as far as I'm aware. The rhyme at the end of a line is, AFAICG, a relatively recent invention. I can't think where its roots may be: the Romans and the Greek only used metric verse, and the various Germanic peoples stuck to alliterative verse, as did, I think, the Finnish. I've never heard nor read any Celtic poetry, maybe that's where it comes from. Or it just started coming up sometime about the end of the Roman empire, or something. That would be a good excuse for it spreading around Europe. > > Don't know much 'bout its hist'ry, > Gaelic verse's a myst'ry; > Although English translations i've read, > Real transcription could screw up one's head; > For i'm told many syllables flow forth in their > songs > Which just sound cool but don't really mean anything. > > Pennyking of T3H VV0RT5 P03T5 3\/4Rstamp
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