I am a Count!

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion
It is by the juice of Sapho that:
My thoughts accquire speed
My lips accquire stains
The stains become a warning
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

Mentat Thufar Hawat, House Attreides
 
yesssssssssss! that is it right?
I really hate haiku stuff
getting my point yes?
 
2nd line of your last haiku had 8 syllables...marcena..naughty..poems is 2 syllables.
 
its actually po ems two syllables...its not pronounced pomes or it would be spelled pomes....its poems po ems

but then i was educated over 20 years ago...with as many times as the common comma has changed by english educators over the last few decades perhaps they are teaching different pronunciation of words and stuff now too...
 
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This po·em Audio Help (po'em) Pronunciation Key
n.
A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
A composition in verse rather than in prose.
A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry.
 
When it comes to poetry (and Shakespeare {or anything in meter}) you can choose for word to be shorten to less syllables if needed. They same way the ED suffix can be emphasized to add syllables. At least...that's what I've learned.
 
It like in IPA where words should have a diphtong to tripthong, but instead are said with less accents to shorten them. Like....Ruined..."This shirt is Ruined!" either one OR three syllables possible.
 
oh i like that too...where ruined sounds more like runed..honestly i just wanted to harass marcena...cause...she's cool and stuff...heheheheheh how did the count become a haiku thread anyways??? OHHHHHHHHHH COUNTing syllables...hehheheh
 
Normally there is a punctuation clue as to how the word should be pronounced if a syllable is added. For example, ruined would be written as ruin'ed if it were to have three syllables. Usually in Shakespear the clue comes in either that form or from a recognition of iambic pentameter and a knowledge of how many syllables it should have.

But! We're discussing titles, yes?

Oh, to have the time
To post in meter'ed rhymes
to gain a county
 
i forgot what we were discussing....
 
::nearly spews red koolaid reading that:::

not...funny hehehehheheheh i mean the koolaid wasn't funny..the comment was hilarious!
 
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