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Thread #140600 Message #3232151
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
01-Oct-11 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Finding tunes by meter, like hymns
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Finding tunes by meter, like hymns
Not quite what I meant GUEST; I understand that eg 8888 implies not just 8 syllables per line but that they are 4 iambs. To do it properly you should also check that the lines are iambic. Not insurmountable - there are stress dictionaries available (I have a 20k word one on my machine). It's whether to ignore things like this that I meant by niceties!
Mick