Did i do right?
is these the right stressed words in the poem
Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade
How cold steel is, and keen with hunger of blood;
Blue with all malice, like a madman's flash;
And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh.
the stressed words are boy,try,long ,bayonet,steel is, hunger ,blood,blue,malice,mad ,flash,
Lend him to stroke these blind, blunt bullet-heads
Which long to muzzle in the hearts of lads.
Or give him cartridges of fine zinc teeth,
Sharp with the sharpness of grief and death.
the stressed words are lend,to,blind,blunt,bullet,heads,long,muzzle ,hearts,give,carti,,fine,zinc,teeth,sharp,sharpness,grief,
death
For his teeth seem for laughing round an apple.
There lurk no claws behind his fingers supple;
And God will grow no talons at his heels,
Nor antlers through the thickness of his curls
the stressed words are teeth ,seem, ,laughing ,round ,apple
lurk,claws,fingers supple
god,grow,talons,heels
antlers,thickness,curlsSorry i meant to ask, is my scansion right ,have i discovered the stressed syllables in this poem right,or not?
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No, it's all wrong. Go to the link Jura provided.
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If you want to hear this poem "Arms and a boy" by Wilfred Owen read out aloud click on here. You can listen and read the words at the same time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBlvmP7PVKI
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Sorry i meant to ask, is my scansion right ,have i discovered the stressed syllables in this poem right,or not?
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