Iambic Trimeter
03/05/2019
Football
The clash of helmets fill (a)
The air, big hits bring thrills (a)
The best part is touchdowns (b)
Especially by ground (b)
Ball brings passion to lives(c)
It cuts you up like knives(c)
And can go test your head(d)
And shall until your dead(d)
And after games you feel(e)
You could’ve been more ideal(e)
Yet has such fun and grace(f)
Everyone runs with pace(f)
Metacognition: Writing these types of poems is a bit of a challenge for me. It’s a difficult time to get the rhymes, stress and syllables to work together into something that makes sense. To make something tell a story while having restrictions on how you can tell it puts a strain on my brain which can lead to mental pain (did you pick up on those rhymes). This poem alone took me about 45-65 minutes to write and fine tune to make sure everything was as good as it could be. I tried my best to make sure the perfect didn’t get in the way of good.