Prosody Assignment 1 – Repairing Prosody

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Assignment Name: Prosody Assignment 1 – Repairing Prosody
Date Taken: January 10, 2020

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Part One - Repairing Prosody

In the Prosody test, there were four examples of lyrics which, if set to strict and absolutely regular music, would result in poor prosody. Your assignment is to re-examine those lyrics and repair the line which is going to cause the problem. As in the test, assume that each and every line is set to music which is strict and absolutely regular, ta-TUM, ta-TUM, ta-TUM, ta-TUM (iambic tetrameter). Find the line which is going to have prosody issues. That is to say, which line is going to have an unaccented syllable fall in an accented location (fa-mi-LY), or vice-versa, which line is going to have an accented syllable fall in an unaccented location? Re-write the line.

1.1

In all the towns and cities fair

On Merry England’s broad expanse,

No swordsman ever compared well

To Thomas Winterbottom Hance.

1.2

Whene’er he heard a tale of woe

From client A or client B,

His grief would overcome him so,

He’d not really then charge his fee.

1.3

Who cares if I’m an oafish man?

Who cares that folken laugh at me?

I’ve plenty stacks of gold coin saved

And thumb my nose and stir my tea.

1.4

The other night, from cares exempt,

I slept. And what d’you think I dreamt?

I dreamt that I had come

To dwell in Topsy-Turveydom!

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