Write a four-line stanza of your own that would go well with music. after you write the stanza, answer these questions: what rhyme scheme and meter does your poem have? how do those qualities express the meaning of the poem? what genre of music do you see your poem fitting into? in what ways is the musical genre you envision connected to the rhyme scheme and meter that you chose?

I've been meaning to ask you

If that's not too drastical

wonder if it's okay

To pick you up by eight

The rhyme scheme of this poem is AABB. The rhyme in this poem is achieved by the pronounciation and stress put into "ask you"; stressing ASK and then stressing the first syllabe of "drastical" and this way the rhyme on the first two lines is completed. Then for the last two lines the rhyme is achieved and the whole stanza resolved by stressing "okAY" and then "Eight".

Meter:

The stanza's meter is trochaic tetrameter (4 trochees, 8 syllables)

I've been | meaning | to | ask you

if that's | not | too | drastical

wonder | if | it's | okay

To pick | you up | by | eight

This rhyme scheme and meter are most used by rap artist for it's impact and flexibility to create a rhyme. The stressed words are the ones that address the receiver of the message that is a proposition for a meeting or a date. This poem is fitting for the rap music genre, for it's pronounciation  of key words (with a suburban accent) completes the rhyme in the second and third lines ("oKAY" and "DRAStical").

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