Scansion Art plays with using visual symbols to represent the rhythm, sounds, and devices used in poetry, expressing the development of patterns and overall shape of poetic forms.
Poem copyright by Kate Jo Westfall
About 18" x 22"
Framed poem and key about 10" 12"
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Pirate Light
The pirates light the dawn with all the songs
you sing while sleeping on your nighttime walks,
recorded from the crow’s nest, passed along
to all the pirates via parrot-squawks.
They practice while they polish pistol-swords,
thankful that their lady’s never sunk,
and though their lady’s made from your sung words,
they still insist you walk her plank: kerplunk!
And every night you jump into the sea!
They celebrate by counting down to one,
they shout your chorus, cut off all your dreams,
and shoot the cannons that will raise the sun.
Acrylic paint on canvas board. Framed poem and key included.
Key
Large rectangles indicate stressed syllables.
Small rectangles indicate unstressed syllables.
Connected rectangles indicate multi-syllabic words.
Matching center colors indicate assonance within a line.
Matching black "L" shapes indicate consonance within a line.
Matching triangles at the end of lines indicate rhyme.
