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To: AnAmericanMother
Actually, there are relatively few poetic meters.

That's why you can sing "Amazing Grace" to the tune of "Joy to the World" (the hymn - not the Three Dog Night ditty) or to the tune of "The Theme from Gilligan's Island."

693 posted on 06/09/2004 12:55:36 PM PDT by OrangeDaisy
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To: OrangeDaisy

Yup, all Common Metre (that's why they call it "common", I guess!)


697 posted on 06/09/2004 1:10:38 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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