RE: [lojban] Thoughts on lojban prosody

["Craig" <ragnarok@pobox.com>]

I would suggest that the traditional Spanish way of doing meter might
transfer excellently. The number of syllables is counted, but if the final
word ends with a stressed syllable one is added. If there are any after the
final stressed syllable, only the first of those are counted. So, if a
nine-syllable line ends with a word like "LOBykai", it counts as only eight
syllables; if it ends with a name like "la .DJAN.", it counts as ten. Then
each line is given the same number of syllables. For example, a traditional
"romance" has lines of eight syllables with vowel-rhyme on all of the even
syllables. A sonnet has fourteen lines of eleven syllables each and a
consonant (typical end-rhyme) rhyme scheme of ABBA ABBA and then some
variable scheme for the final six lines.

 -- .kreig.daniyl.

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