In iambic tetrameter each line has four ( tetra) feet, or eight syllables in total. An iamb is a unit of poetry consisting of two syllables. This is the name for the simple meter - or rhythm - Ted used when he was writing. All the words he used are single-syllable words except anywhere (8 times).įor the technically-minded, Green Eggs and Ham is written in iambic tetrameter. There are charts, lists and number counts which record the words he used most often: not (82 times) and I (81 times). Among Ted Geisel’s papers are worksheets which show just how gruelling the process really was. They’re some of the simplest words in the English language but this gorgeously-nonsensical story was not easy to write.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |