Only 8 syllables

woodelf | 11:56 Thu 27th Sep 2012 | Arts & Literature

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Many Thanks guys, but I don't think it's that one, as there are lines with 7 syllables, awell as those with 8 - and the poem was more moving than that Tahiti one; it may have even been one of his war poems, but Many Thanks again.

HowardKennitby

It might be 'Heaven'

http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/heaven.html

HowardKennitby

Hi Woodelf

Just had a quick look round and it seems Rupert Brooke favoured 8-syllable lines a lot. Found these

Tiare Tahiti
The Fish
Heaven
Grantchester

Do you remember what the poem was about?

bednobs

ism is 2 sylables in my world

MarkRae

> ism is 2 syllables in my world

Can't help that - it isn't...

bednobs

just because you say it's so, doesn't make it so. I don't know how you pronounce it, but (for example) to my ear "feminism" sounds fem-in-is-um

hc4361

-ism. Two distinct sounds, two syllables

sophie_1003

Why is it only one MarkRae? Tried looking up definition of syllable but it seemed to support the idea that it is two and as others have said I would say iz-um.

MarkRae

> just because you say it's so, doesn't make it so.

Likewise! You can pronounce it as if there's a vowel between the s and the m if you like - some people pronounce the second month of the year like FEB-you-werry

bednobs

well i think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one MR :)

hc4361

How can you pronounce -ism in one syllable? I can't

jno

nor me...

Film is one syllable because the l slides naturally into the m (though a small number of people do say fillum). I can't do the same with schism. I've never heard anyone else do so either.