Re: Poetique

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:46:45 -0800, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> The poet must have a choice of many different ways of
> expressing a particular thought.
>    []  The word order must be very flexible.
>    []  The stressed vowel must be marked so
>        that rythm is clearly defined for each word.
>    []  Each word has a prescribed rhythm with
>        which it is spoken.
>    []  There must be a good supply of synonyms
>        and near-synonyms.
Yes, a rich vocabulary...

>    []  There might be more than one way of
>        conjugating a verb. For example, suppose
>        "ti" is the first person singular pronoun
>        affix that is suffixed to the verb "núnya"
>        as "núny’ti", 'n’nyáti", or prefixed to
>        the verb in modified form as "t’núnya",
>        or "tín’nya".  Depending on the requirements
>        of meter and rhyme all four forms are
>        acceptable.
It might be easier just to make it a predominantly isolating language, no?
Or perhaps make inflections nonsyllabic and initial, so they would not
interfere and create trivial rhyme.

    /"pjik nAN"Les ZeD, "spIS n@"g&rZ@d/
    /"VtnA "vVno %ZAmbi"jew/
    /"LAw zIN"pjils d@"lVwr @N"kjew/
    /"Vr nAN"Les ZeD, "spIS n@"g&rZ@d/

I find that /s Z/ becomes [S Z] in pronunciation.
(I challenge anyone with time to invent an interpretation of this poem.)


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