Varied Meter & Cumulative Rhyme in "There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight" | BookLook

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In this video, I look at the rhyming picture book THERE WAS AN OLD DRAGON WHO SWALLOWED A KNIGHT by Penny Parker Klostermann and talk about varied meter, anapestic meter, iambic meter, and cumulative rhyme.
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PENNY'S PICKS: CUMULATIVE RHYME MENTOR TEXTS
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY, ill. Simms Taback: amzn.to/2V4giMi
THE NAPPING HOUSE by Audrey Wood, ill. Don Wood: amzn.to/2OYCLqz
DON'T SLAM THE DOOR by Dori Chaconas, ill. Will Hillenbrand: amzn.to/2UTqebH
ONE DAY IN THE EUCALYPTUS, EUCALYPTUS TREE by Daniel Bernstrom, ill. Brendan Wenzel: amzn.to/2P1fsMK
STUCK by Oliver Jeffers: amzn.to/2wo92AQ
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT by Jean Reidy, ill. Margaret Chodos-Irvine: amzn.to/2PfQ3z9
ABOUT PEEK & CRITIQUE
PEEK & CRITIQUE -- for writers of rhyming picture books, prose picture books, and children's poetry -- is a series that explores concepts taught in The Lyrical Language Lab online course, such as poetic meter, rhyme, sound devices, word choice, lyrical language, imagery, and scansion. I read and critique YOUR submitted writing samples of rhyming picture books, prose picture books, and children's poetry, explaining concepts along the way.
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@monapease2972 4 года назад

This is right on for a story I'm writing now. Thank you. And thank you for reminding us of word choice..."every detail counts"

@LyricalLanguageLab 4 года назад

Yup -- every single word has to be THE word. :)

@rediff9819 2 года назад

👍👍

@mitchelllinda9115 4 года назад

I love how this book has lots of vocabulary to learn in the fun and funny in this book.

@LyricalLanguageLab 4 года назад

YES! Penny doesn't shy away from some elevated vocabulary, which I love. :)

@suzannepurvis 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing such a fun and informative book.

@LyricalLanguageLab 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@buffysilverman2365 4 года назад

I think the song has a slightly different stress on the refrain than the way you read it... I don't know WHY (Stressed, 2 unstressed, stressed.) Don't think the difference matters though. Thanks for these great videos.

@LyricalLanguageLab 4 года назад

So the song stresses "I" instead of DON'T? That's odd. Admittedly, I only looked at the written rhyme and did not listen to the song, also because things always change when sung. But on paper, I read it iambic ... and also I'm not sure why one would stress the "I" in that line. Hmm...

@hifiunicorn 2 года назад

How much do you think children's authors actually pay attention to this? Trying to nail down the meter for this rhyme feels forced..it seems more whimsical to me or dare I say lax. Atleast that's my intuition about this kind of rhyme book...but I could be wrong about this. It's just not "proper" in the way that my body needs it to be. It just is what it is... somewhere between a rhyme and a lyrical picture poem... BTW, have u ever done one of these about the cat in the hat? That would be my request 🙏🎩

@LyricalLanguageLab 2 года назад

Children's authors who are excellent rhymers pay a LOT of attention to this. You can't be lax about rhyme. Varied meter or metrical variations are very common, and even desirable to keep your text from getting too sing-songy and annoying. As for Cat in the Hat, no -- I am not a fan of Dr. Seuss and actually find his meter wanting in places.