The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[el-remmen]

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I was literally trying to draft a similar post when I saw yours post.

 

[Velderan]

@Snarf Zagyg

 

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[Autumnal]

It turns out that Lovecraft’s poem “Nemesis” has the same meter as “Piano Man”. And that means…

 

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It turns out that Lovecraft’s poem “Nemesis” has the same meter as “Piano Man”. And that means…

Poems written in ballad metre can be sung to the same tune as the theme song of Gilligan's Island

 

[trappedslider]

If there's a such a thing as the silent majority, I'm sure the internet is the loud minority

 

[prabe]

Poems written in ballad metre can be sung to the same tune as the theme song of Gilligan's Island

I learned of it as "hymnic meter" (but the name isn't super important) and it's a trap for hack poets in English, as evidenced by one E. Dickinson who wrote far, far too many poems in it.

Also "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "The House of the Rising Sun," "Amazing Grace," "The Yellow Rose of Texas," etc.

 

[Scribe]

If there's a such a thing as the silent majority, I'm sure the internet is the loud minority

Oh it absolutely is, and the fun part is that everyone gets to think THEY are part of the silent majority instead of THEM. What a wonderful addition to our society.

 

[MarkB]

If there's a such a thing as the silent majority, I'm sure the internet is the loud minority

The singular noun implies a unity that does not exist. The internet is the loud minorities, all too busy shouting at each other to pay attention to the majority.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Poems written in ballad metre can be sung to the same tune as the theme song of Gilligan's Island

The most infamous example being "Stairway to Heaven". And of course it works both ways.