Hello Friends —
In his 1963 Fundamentals of Poetry, William Leahy selects Richard Armour's "Money" to illustrate trochaic dimeter — meaning, four syllables per line with emphasis on the first and third syllables.
Enjoy.
Ellen
MONEY
Workers earn it,
Spendthrifts burn it,
Bankers lend it,
Women spend it,
Forgers fake it,
Taxes take it,
Dying leave it,
Heirs receive it,
Misers crave it,
Robbers seize it,
Rich increase it,
Gamblers lose it . . .
I could use it.
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