A Man with a Plan
By Jack, Mommy, and Will
There was a man
From Pakistan.
He had a plan
To go to Dan.
Dan had a dog
Who ate a frog
Who left his bog.
Poor Mateen was all agog. [Mateen is the name of the man from Pakistan.]
And now it's on the blog.
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3 comments:
Mateen is the name of a boy from Mira's preschool class. I'm in love with the name, and I'm sure he'd be proud to have had his name used in such a masterpiece!
While this is a cute whimsical poem, it isn't iambic quadrameter. There are only 4 syllables per line here, and with iambic quadramter you need 4 stressed syllables starting with an unstressed. So in all essence it would go unstressed/stressed/unstressed/stressed/unstressed/stressed/unstressed/stressed
A good example of iambic quadrameter is Anne Bradstreet's "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House" which you can find freely online for you to explore.
I would place this poem more in a limerick than a structured form.
Luna is right; it is not quadrameter, but I enjoyed it.
I am not a poet, but I have two sons, 10 and 8, and I write. Good luck to you.
CJ
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