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Because Fly said so, and because I am stuck on the word, let's see what you can do with it.
Saraband, according to Encyclopedia Britannica:
Main Entry: sar·a·band
Variant(s): or sar·a·bande /'sar-&-"band/
Function: noun
Etymology: French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda
1 : a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries resembling the minuet
2 : the music for the saraband in slow triple time with accent on the second beat
An intricate and complicated dance, as polished and courtley as the high society veneer at that time. It must hide all kinds of repressed emotions, passions, lust and desperation. Let's see if we can find them between the steps and notes.
So here's the challenge, and it's not a simple one. Cuz that's not a challenge:
1. Write a poem in the rhythm of the saraband music. In threes, with the intonation on the two. Here's an example:
| I stand in | the hall with | a dil-do | and won-der; |
| why do I | stand here with | a dil-do | and pon-der? |
Rhyme if you want to. Any number of lines and any length you wish. But keep the threes.
2. Try to keep it in the style of the saraband dance, orderly, chivalrous, romantic. (So my "dildo" lines are definitely not it.)
3. But let's make it interresting.. What does really go on, under the layers of wigs, face-paint, diciplined mannerisms and elabotate wrapping? That's what I wanna know. (So maybe I can work a dildo into it anyway? Hmm...)
So, what say you, poets? How much time do you need?
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Saraband, according to Encyclopedia Britannica:
Main Entry: sar·a·band
Variant(s): or sar·a·bande /'sar-&-"band/
Function: noun
Etymology: French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda
1 : a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries resembling the minuet
2 : the music for the saraband in slow triple time with accent on the second beat
An intricate and complicated dance, as polished and courtley as the high society veneer at that time. It must hide all kinds of repressed emotions, passions, lust and desperation. Let's see if we can find them between the steps and notes.
So here's the challenge, and it's not a simple one. Cuz that's not a challenge:
1. Write a poem in the rhythm of the saraband music. In threes, with the intonation on the two. Here's an example:
| I stand in | the hall with | a dil-do | and won-der; |
| why do I | stand here with | a dil-do | and pon-der? |
Rhyme if you want to. Any number of lines and any length you wish. But keep the threes.
2. Try to keep it in the style of the saraband dance, orderly, chivalrous, romantic. (So my "dildo" lines are definitely not it.)
3. But let's make it interresting.. What does really go on, under the layers of wigs, face-paint, diciplined mannerisms and elabotate wrapping? That's what I wanna know. (So maybe I can work a dildo into it anyway? Hmm...)
So, what say you, poets? How much time do you need?
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) on a seperate line was something that didn't really occur to me. Interresting take, touching theme, and I can certainly waltz to it.
