National Poetry Day 2021 #NationalPoetryDay

[William Overington]

 

The font is EB Garamond italic.

William

 

[William Overington]

 

Localization into French

 

C'est l'été.
Le soleil brille.
La couleur est bleu ciel.
C'est l'été.
Il pleut.
C'est l'été.
Le soleil brille.
La couleur est rouge.
La couleur est orange.
La couleur est jaune.
La couleur est verte.
La couleur est bleue.
La couleur est violette.
C'est l'été.
Le soleil brille.
La couleur est bleu ciel.

 

 

Localization into English

 

It is summer.
It is sunny.
The colour is sky blue.
It is summer.
It is raining.
It is summer.
It is sunny.
The colour is red.
The colour is orange.
The colour is yellow.
The colour is green.
The colour is blue.
The colour is magenta.
It is summer.
It is sunny.
The colour is sky blue

 

 

The artwork is from the thread

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/138654-artwork-for-greetings-cards/

The poem is from my first novel.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/localizable_sentences_the_novel_chapter_005.pdf

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/localizable_sentences_the_novel_chapter_034.pdf

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/novel_plus.htm

William

 

[jmwellborn]

@William Overington  To correct the beat:

"I give you a rhyming couplet to say

Today is National Poetry Day"

🤓

[Alfred]

National Poetry Day
Is specific to the UK.

[smadell]

There once was a man from Nantucket -

a poet whose skills didn’t cut it.

When his words failed to rhyme

(which was most of the time)

all his work would get tossed in the bucket.

[Smee Again]

@Alfred . . . proofreading for accuracy is indeed its own reward. Refer to the second #6.

Is it really? Cialis or the blue pill?

Honest mistake I'm sure, or Freudian slip, but still funny.

 

Be Well.

[Smee Again]

Ooops! Medication clouded mind, didn't realize the humor and deliberate errors.

Even funnier when I caught it. Ignore my PM.

I thought you had urined your post.

[William Overington]

12 hours ago, jmwellborn said:

@William Overington  To correct the beat:

"I give you a rhyming couplet to say

Today is National Poetry Day"

🤓

Thank you.

"the beat"?

Can you possibly explain please? It is one of those things I should probably know, but actually do not.

William

 

[William Overington]

36 minutes ago, William Overington said:

Thank you.

"the beat"?

Can you possibly explain please? It is one of those things I should probably know, but actually do not.

William

 

Is it just a matter of syllable count being the same?

Or is there more to it?

Is it to do with iambic pentameters, of which I have read, but which I don't seem to have "got"? 

William

 

[jmwellborn]

5 hours ago, William Overington said:

Is it just a matter of syllable count being the same?

Or is there more to it?

Is it to do with iambic pentameters, of which I have read, but which I don't seem to have "got"? 

William

 

In your poem, it is a “beat,” or the number of syllables in each line.  Your first line has 8.  The second has 10.  “Iambic pentameter is a rhythm structure used most commonly in poetry, that combines unstressed syllables in groups of five…..”. Etc.  see https://www.studiobinder.com   Also https://www.thoughtco.com An Introduction to Iambic Pentameter.  Shakespeare used it a great deal.  Note the last word rhyming pattern of lines ABAB.

“When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Etc.

Sonnet 29 — includes the line “Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope” which accurately describes my awe of — and gratitude for —  the knowlege and professionalism of so many forum members who share with us here.

@smadell’s hilariously funny posting above is a superb example of a Limerick.  They are usually supposed to be funny, five lines only, with a rhyming pattern of AABBA.  Lines AAA have the same number of syllables and last word rhyme, while lines BB have fewer syllables with the last word rhyming (but not with the last word in lines AAA.

[Alfred]

32 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

@smadell’s hilariously funny posting above is a superb example of a Limerick.  They are usually supposed to be funny, five lines only, with a rhyming pattern of AABBA.  Lines AAA have the same number of syllables and last word rhyme, while lines BB have fewer syllables with the last word rhyming (but not with the last word in lines AAA.

“Usually” being the operative word! One of my favourite limericks (or rather, verses in limerick form, since the genuine article tends to be somewhat bawdy) goes like this:

There was an old man of St. Bees
Who was stung in the arm by a wasp.
When asked, “Does it hurt?”
He replied, “No it doesn’t.
I’m so glad it wasn’t a hornet!”

[jmwellborn]

3 minutes ago, Alfred said:

“Usually” being the operative word! One of my favourite limericks (or rather, verses in limerick form, since the genuine article tends to be somewhat bawdy) goes like this:

There was an old man of St. Bees
Who was stung in the arm by a wasp.
When asked, “Does it hurt?”
He replied, “No it doesn’t.
I’m so glad it wasn’t a hornet!”

Definitely not “usually” but terribly funny!  Definitely a keeper.  Thank you!!

[William Overington]

8 minutes ago, Alfred said:

“Usually” being the operative word! One of my favourite limericks (or rather, verses in limerick form, since the genuine article tends to be somewhat bawdy) goes like this:

There was an old man of St. Bees
Who was stung in the arm by a wasp.
When asked, “Does it hurt?”
He replied, “No it doesn’t.
I’m so glad it wasn’t a hornet!”

There was an old man of St. Bees
Who was stung while climbing some trees
When asked, “Does it hurt?”
He said "I've ripped my shirt
"Do you think you could sew it up please?"

William

 

[smadell]

One last entry from me (because I just had to)…

 

[William Overington]

Typeset in a Venetian style font.

What is the font please?

Not the one used in this document I think.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/localizable_sentences_the_novel_colophon.pdf

and definitely not the font in this one!

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/localizable_sentences_the_novel_author_note_after_chapter_046.pdf

William

 

[William Overington]

William

 

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, William Overington said:

Not the one used in this document I think.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/localizable_sentences_the_novel_colophon.pdf

I’m not so sure, William! The attached screenshot shows part of a line from Seth’s post, overlaid with the same words in red Goudita Serial (a very close cousin of Goudita SF) with tracking adjusted to +25‰.

[William Overington]

I have not heard of Goudita Serial.

Can you say something about it please?

William

 

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, William Overington said:

I have not heard of Goudita Serial.

Can you say something about it please?

Brendel Infomatik GmbH produced the SF fonts supplied with Serif software. SoftMaker Software GmbH, probably best known for its Office suite, also sells fonts, and if you peruse a showcase of those I suspect you’ll recognize a name or two.

[jmwellborn]

@smadell   Hands (or pens) down, definitely the winner!  Finis.

[smadell]

The font is: LTC Goudy Italian Old Style. 13 point, regular type, if I remember correctly.

[William Overington]

3 hours ago, smadell said:

The font is: LTC Goudy Italian Old Style. 13 point, regular type, if I remember correctly.

Ah yes. That was a metal typeface years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Goudy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typefaces_designed_by_Frederic_Goudy

That second link states that there was an itaiic.

Does your electronic font have an italic please?

The reason I ask is because the design of the regular is, I think, based on a font from the 1470s used by Nicolas Jenson, and italic type was not invented until later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Jenson

The above linked page has an illustration of a type he used.

William

 

[smadell]

@William Overington - My digital version of the font has a "Regular" typeface, only. No bold, no italic, etc.

[VectorWhiz]

I like to create visual poetry that rhymes. Robert Frost once said: 'Free verse poetry is like playing tennis without a net.' So, here's my Zippo poem: