5/10/2023 0 Comments The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell![]() ![]() ![]() Julia Donaldson Julie Paschkis Karen Hesse Karla Kuskin Karma Wilson Kathryn O. anthropomorphic characters in picture books Arnold Lobel Barbara Cooney bibliography Bill Martin Biographies for Children Charlotte Zolotow creative process creativity critique groups Dance Away Demi Don Freeman Farmer Duck Felicia Bond FREDERICK Frog and Toad Are Friends GEORGE AND MARTHA George Shannon Georgia O'Keeffe GEORGIE Goldie the Dollmaker Goodnight Moon Illustrating Picture Books IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK James Marshall Janet Wong Jan Thomas Jeanette Winter Jr. ![]() “I just made it like holding your breath.” That last line of yours has six syllables and the one before it has ten when you shorten the last line like that it gets the effect of the night holding it’s breath.” The bat looked so bewildered that the mockingbird said in a kind voice: “An iambic foot has one weak syllable and one strong syllable the wear one comes first. The Bat-Poet By Randall Jarrell, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak On Sale: Octo8.95 Now: 7.16 Spend 49 on print products and get FREE shipping at HC. “The next-to-the-last line’s iambic pentameter, and the last line’s iambic trimeter.” “It’s two feet short,” said the mockingbird a little impatiently. “And it was clever of you to have that last line two feet short.” The way you change the rhyme-scheme’s particularly effective.” Randall Jarrell’s novella for children, THE BAT-POET, contains a wonderful scene that honors the value of listening and instinct. ![]() But unless one truly listens and absorbs the different way rhythms and sound affect us physically and emotionally, the technical terms are lifeless. The dictionary is laced with technical terms for specific literary forms and rhythms. ![]()
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