tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post1597427444525137555..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Hearing verse / hearing metreGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-78648416667555972672009-10-19T18:29:21.322+01:002009-10-19T18:29:21.322+01:00Hard distinction, Frank. I think rubato might be a...Hard distinction, Frank. I think rubato might be a question of tempo. I have always thought of metre as the equivalent of the conductor's left hand, the time signature that the bar uses or opposes or conducts a dialogue with. Metre as metronome is a touch dull, but not altogether beside the point either. I mean composers will often put a metronome sign up too: a crotchet is worth so much. But that's a matter of pace.<br /><br />Pace, tempo, metre, rhythm. I doubt you can have rhythm without a sense of metre in the background somewhere.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-7632615886978107262009-10-19T16:23:42.828+01:002009-10-19T16:23:42.828+01:00I may be on the wrong track but isn't metre so...I may be on the wrong track but isn't metre something regular, like a pulse or heartbeat, whereas rhythm is flexible, equivalent to 'rubato' in music?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-55532876864007597622009-10-19T11:42:54.428+01:002009-10-19T11:42:54.428+01:00Hair as sculpture. I wonder whether the femme-fata...Hair as sculpture. I wonder whether the femme-fatale was particularly drawn to sculpted hair. I think Fenella Fielding was a wonderfully pastiche and slightly camp femme fatale and she had a kind of bob or was it fringe? Must check.<br /><br />I don't even know even IF the play will be on. They asked me to write a brief play for The Verb but I don't imagine they'll get down to seriously considering it for a couple of weeks. If they don't want it I'll put it up here.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-60640150118623099242009-10-19T11:25:31.857+01:002009-10-19T11:25:31.857+01:00I'm afraid the blank verse passed me by, so me...I'm afraid the blank verse passed me by, so mesmerised was I by Marie Windsor's beautiful, sculpted hairdo and her wicked, controlled voice. Those femmes fatales certainly knew how to undo a man. Good luck with your verse play. Do we know when it will be on?Nicole Snoreply@blogger.com