and all that guy does is poke at it for not having perfect meter when the history of comedic music from Gilbert & Sullivan to Weird Al is rife with elongations and contractions to make a joke fit a melody
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
If he really seems to mind
That your lines don’t really rhyme
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
Third epitrite (dah dah DAT dah) aka 4/4 offbeat throughout. In the original last dah after “hands” (which is on DAT) is a pause.
I shall simply be pointing out “Fits betER with a suit AND tie”. That ‘er’ is not a place where you can put stress, under any circumstance, and the “and” is questionable at best given that it would be the first syllable to vanish into “suit ‘n’ tie” in natural speech.
someone desperately needs to learn meter
if he’s got no sense of humor he’s a fed
if he’s got no sense of humor he’s a fed
if someone posts a joke
and all that guy does is poke at it for not having perfect meter when the history of comedic music from Gilbert & Sullivan to Weird Al is rife with elongations and contractions to make a joke fit a melody
if he’s got no sense of humor he’s a fed
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
If he really seems to mind
That your lines don’t really rhyme
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
This meme format has legs
Third epitrite (dah dah DAT dah) aka 4/4 offbeat throughout. In the original last dah after “hands” (which is on DAT) is a pause.
I shall simply be pointing out “Fits betER with a suit AND tie”. That ‘er’ is not a place where you can put stress, under any circumstance, and the “and” is questionable at best given that it would be the first syllable to vanish into “suit ‘n’ tie” in natural speech.
Yeah, that one line needs fixing:
If his haircut’s tight and high
And it fits a suit and tie