Univocalic Verse
Carl G.
create verse that uses only one vowel. An example, which only uses the
vowel "e", from the book "The Game of Words" by Willard R. Espy, is:
Persevere, ye perfect men,
Ever keep the precepts ten.
Challenge: Create an univocalic verse.
Here is an attempt at a Limerick:
He preferred her relentless zest,
She remembered new jewels were best,
He needed presence,
She needed presents,
Few men ever expect the rest.
Carl G.
Richard Heathfield
> Univocalic verse is a form of constrained writing. The objective is to
> create verse that uses only one vowel. An example, which only uses the
> vowel "e", from the book "The Game of Words" by Willard R. Espy, is:
>
> Persevere, ye perfect men,
> Ever keep the precepts ten.
>
> Challenge: Create an univocalic verse.
Wool sock on cold foot,
On low, low floor of world,
Poor fool roots for food;
Stop! No pots for to cook,
Roots rot, boots shot;
No! No bloody good.
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James Dow Allen
> Univocalic verse is a form of constrained writing.
Disciplining:
Impish witch with whip sizzling, swindling high
Instills wish: bitch clinching with thrilling silk thigh.
Bikini crisp clinging,
Lipstick'd kiss gripping,
Sixth digit tingling,
Brisk witch is ... whipping?
Is whipping? Hi! Hi?
Dirk, first firm, is flinching,
Cringing, diminishing.
Illicit fling is inhibiting:
Bliss (I miss'd) fizzling.
Fitting finish, I sigh.
Jimmi
Anthony Buckland
"Carl G." <cgi...@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
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An aardvark at an ant farm?
An all-day snack attack.
And at a bar, an ant asks, "What?"
"Alas, ant! Ask Afflack."
("y" is not a vowel if it is not the
sound in the syllable)
Richard Heathfield
<snip>
> An aardvark at an ant farm?
> An all-day snack attack.
> And at a bar, an ant asks, "What?"
> "Alas, ant! Ask Afflack."
>
> ("y" is not a vowel if it is not the
> sound in the syllable)
It is legitimate to argue that y isn't a vowel, full stop. Not everyone
agrees, of course, but it is a reasonable point of view that is based on
the (very common) use of the word "vowel" as a label for a group of five
specific letters - 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.
Mark Brader
> It is legitimate to argue that y isn't a vowel, full stop. Not everyone
> agrees, of course, but it is a reasonable point of view that is based on
> the (very common) use of the word "vowel" as a label for a group of five
> specific letters - 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.
Well, it's reasonable and legitimate *if* you're playing Wheel of Fortune.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Domine, defende nos
m...@vex.net | Contra hos stupidos DOS!" -- after A. D. Godley
Richard Heathfield
> Richard Heathfield:
>> It is legitimate to argue that y isn't a vowel, full stop. Not everyone
>> agrees, of course, but it is a reasonable point of view that is based on
>> the (very common) use of the word "vowel" as a label for a group of five
>> specific letters - 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.
>
> Well, it's reasonable and legitimate *if* you're playing Wheel of Fortune.
I can certainly accept *if*, but I would draw the line at *iff*.
Anthony Buckland
"Richard Heathfield" <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote in message
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> Anthony Buckland wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> An aardvark at an ant farm?
>> An all-day snack attack.
>> And at a bar, an ant asks, "What?"
>> "Alas, ant! Ask Afflack."
>>
>> ("y" is not a vowel if it is not the
>> sound in the syllable)
>
> It is legitimate to argue that y isn't a vowel, full stop. Not everyone
> agrees, of course, but it is a reasonable point of view that is based on
> the (very common) use of the word "vowel" as a label for a group of five
> specific letters - 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.
The issue has pretty much been settled so far
as major dictionaries are concerned. "Y" is a
vowel or a consonant depending on the context.
"Karma, ant: karma."